Open AccessREVIEW: A revelation about human rights and the ‘war on terror’
Author(s) -
Jon Stephenson
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v12i2.874
Subject(s) - conquest , project commissioning , publishing , civilization , nothing , middle east , revelation , foreign policy , human rights , political science , george (robot) , law , war on terror , terrorism , history , ancient history , philosophy , theology , politics , art history , epistemology
Review of The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East, by Robert Fisk
Since 9/11 and the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, British journalist Robert Fisk has built a huge following as a staunch critic of George W. Bush’s ‘war on terror’. But Fisk’s cogent—often controversial—analysis of American foreign policy and Western meddling and mendacity in the Middle East is nothing new: based in Beirut, he has reported for 30 years on conflicts from Algeria to Afghanistan.