TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petras,James F.
TI  - The Arab Revolt and the Imperialist Counterattack
SN  - 0985271000
U1  - 327.730174927 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Atlanta, GA
PB  - Clarity Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Libya
KW  - Pol
KW  - Eco
KW  - May2012
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Washington faces the Arab revolts: sacrificing dictators to save the state -- Egypt's social movements, the CIA and Mossad -- Roots of the Arab revolts and premature celebrations -- The Euro-US war on Libya: official lies and misconceptions of critics -- Libya and Obama's defense of the "rebel uprising" -- Contextualizing the "Arab spring": networks of empire and realignments of world power -- NATO's war crimes in Libya: who grieves for the fallen heroes? -- The assassination of Osama bin Laden: its uses and abuses -- The assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki by fiat -- The Obama doctrine: making a virtue of necessity -- What future for the Washington-"Moderate Islamist" alliance? -- Appendix: indicators of social well being in pre-invasion Libya
ER  -