The Colonial Present: Afghanistan. Palestine. IraqISBN: 978-1-57718-089-0
Hardcover
392 pages
June 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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In this powerful and passionate critique of the 'war on terror' in
Afghanistan and its extensions into Palestine and Iraq, Derek
Gregory traces the long history of British and American
involvements in the Middle East and shows how colonial power
continues to cast long shadows over our own present.
- Argues the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
on September 11 activated a series of political and cultural
responses that were profoundly colonial in nature.
- The first analysis of the “war on terror” to
connect events in Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq.
- Traces the connections between geopolitics and the lives of
ordinary people.
- Richly illustrated and packed with empirical detail.