Shadow Wars : The Secret Struggle for the Middle East (Paperback)

from happysadnick

Few can follow and understand the wars in the Middle East. Who are the villains? Who are the players? Why is there bloodshed? Is it all about oil? Why is a multi-trillion military adventure in the middle of nowhere unable to defeat primitive warriors with no intelligence apparatus. Why are Saudi ...

from Elliot1822

For many decades US and UK governments have tried with various methods to defeat popularist, socialist and pro-democracy movements in the Middle East. Throughout the Cold War, the United States 'War on Terror' and the terror visited on us by the Islamic State, the Western powers have repeatedly u...

from WCHagen

This review is based on an early reader's copy. Specific comments have been checked against the final copy. This is a classic case of letting trees obscure a view of the forest. If Davidson has a mental vision of the Middle East problem and recommendation regarding a solution, he has obscured his...

from dverg48

A book that provides details of the changing factions in the Middle East, and factors in the rise of ISIS that are not found in the reporting of the news media. Informative because it provides coverage of the difficulties in all the present countries in the Middle East, Northern Africa, etc. Howe...

from happysadnick

Few can follow and understand the wars in the Middle East. Who are the villains? Who are the players? Why is there bloodshed? Is it all about oil? Why is a multi-trillion military adventure in the middle of nowhere unable to defeat primitive warriors with no intelligence apparatus. Why are Saudi ...