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Wow. This is quite a read. I cant co-sign all of its conclusions but I think everybody who seeks to understand todays Middle East should read this book. The Economists blurb on the front of my copy, hailing Davidson as One of the most knowledgeable academics writing about the region, is certainly accurate, though I cant see them liking the book and its anti-corporate conclusions. Davidson seems to have read everything written about the region in the past 15 years, and hes distilled it down into a fascinating narrative. Not content with that, he also rockets through a good deal of the cold war history of the region, and starts with a blessedly brief summary of European revolution and counter-revolution. The tired Marxist approach of that summary almost made me put the book down, but Im very glad I persevered. The majority of the book, covering the post 9-11 era and the Arab Spring, is brilliant.He covers every country touched by the past five years tumult. Ive been following these issues avidly for quite some time, and I learned something on every page. He pulls off the neat trick of both presenting easily digestible summaries, and rigorously backing up everything he says. If somebody in a reputable news source confirmed a telling detail in 2004, hell have saved the article and put it in his footnotes. This is important for two reasons. First, a lot of the information he provides, documenting US and Gulf State connivance in the spread of Jihadism, tends to disappear. I tried to track down an in-depth article on Saudi funding of terror that he mentioned from a 2003 issue of US News & World Report. Its no longer available online, and isnt even available on ProQuest. The second reason his thoroughness is important is because hes making some pretty staggering accusations. He convincingly argues that the whole arc of 20th and 21st century Middle East history has been shaped by Western forces using anything in their power to thwart the self-determination of Islamic countries. This includes the creation of the vile Gulf states, and the creation, protection and promotion of radical Islamic terrorism. I have spent a good deal of time making a slightly different version of this case in video form, and I wish Id read this book before I did. This book is both the best summary of the Arab Spring Ive read thus far, and a fantastic resource for further research.I highly recommend this book. That said, I cant say that I agree with the author fully. He ascribes all these developments to a coherent policy of counter-revolution, involving knowledgeable actors in Western business and government, working in careful concert with Gulf plutocrats. Its the old War for Oil thesis. I just dont buy that anybody is that clever. Rather than a sinister, coherent force, I see foolishness, greed and short-sightedness. That quibble aside though, I loved this book.
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