الإمبراطورية الأمريكية والإغارة على العراق

This Arabic study by Mohamed Hassanein Heikal examines the United States' drive for global influence after the Cold War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq that followed. Heikal, a long-time journalist and commentator, traces the ideas and interests behind American policy, from the language of democracy and security to the military and economic motives he argues lay beneath it.

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The book places Iraq at the centre of a wider picture of empire. It looks at how the war was justified, what it cost the region, and what it revealed about the balance of power in the world. Written for readers interested in contemporary politics and the Middle East, it works as both a historical account and a sustained critique.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 440 pages

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