Davies examines key themes in the evolution of America from colonial rule to international supremacy. In this concise, accessible introductory survey of the history of the United States from 1790 to the present day, Edward J. His originality and breadth of vision make The Age of Jihad the most in-depth analysis of the regional crisis in the Middle East to date.
Cockburn was the first Western journalist to warn of the dangers posed by Islamic State. The organization gestated over several years in occupied Iraq, before growing to the point where it can threaten the stability of the whole region. As Cockburn shows in arresting detail, Islamic State did not explode into existence in Syria in the wake of the Arab Spring, as conventional wisdom would have it. Beginning with the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, Cockburn explores the vast geopolitical struggle that is the Sunni-Shia conflict, a clash that shapes the war on terror, western military interventions, the evolution of the insurgency, the civil wars in Yemen, Libya and Syria, the Arab Spring, the fall of regional dictators, and the rise of Islamic State.
The Age of Jihad charts the turmoil of today's Middle East and the devastating role the West has played in the region from 2001 to the present.
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