000349655 000__ 03042cam\a22003494a\4500 000349655 001__ 349655 000349655 005__ 20210513125514.0 000349655 008__ 050713s2006\\\\nju\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000349655 010__ $$a 2005020231 000349655 020__ $$a9780471739012 000349655 020__ $$a0471739014 000349655 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm61151432 000349655 035__ $$a349655 000349655 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBAKER$$dIXA$$dLCJ$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dMUQ$$dIG#$$dTTU$$dCQU$$dBTN$$dVP@$$dHEBIS$$dOCLCQ 000349655 042__ $$apcc 000349655 043__ $$aaw-----$$an-us--- 000349655 049__ $$aISEA 000349655 05000 $$aJQ1758.A91$$bR83 2006 000349655 08200 $$a320.956$$222 000349655 1001_ $$aRubin, Barry M. 000349655 24514 $$aThe long war for freedom :$$bthe Arab struggle for democracy in the Middle East /$$cBarry Rubin. 000349655 260__ $$aHoboken, N.J. :$$bJohn Wiley & Sons,$$c2006. 000349655 300__ $$avii, 296 p. ;$$c25 cm. 000349655 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000349655 5050_ $$aContents -- Introduction -- Heartbreak and hope -- "Better Saddam's hell than America's paradise" -- The courage of their convictions -- What's wrong with Arab society -- Whose Islam? -- America: Satan or savior? -- Israel: the great excuse -- The challenge of terrorism -- The Iraq war: aggression or liberation? -- Women's rights: a test case for reform -- A thousand and one difficulties -- Notes -- Index. 000349655 5201_ $$a"The United States has made the spread of democracy in the Middle East the cornerstone of its foreign policy. Though administration officials expect democratic ideals will be embraced there with enthusiasm, much of the rest of the world has greeted this strategy with enormous skepticism." "The Long War for Freedom is the first book to investigate whether a real base of support for reform, moderation, and democratization even exists in the region. Barry Rubin, one of the West's most trusted experts on Arab opinion and political culture, takes a close look at the brave, promising group of Arab liberals who have shown great personal courage and faced overwhelming odds to advocate new freedoms for their fellow citizens." "Rubin's key insight is that the dynamic isn't a simple two-way fight - as it was with democratic reformers in Communist countries whom the Arab liberals are often compared to - between hardliners and reformers. Instead, the interplay is among the rulers, the religious radicals, and the reformers, who constantly pair off in different ways in different countries." "Yet the questions remain: How receptive are Arab states to reform? What are the obstacles that stand in the way of its establishment there, and how can they be overcome? Would any further actions taken by the United States or Israel do more harm than good?"--Jacket. 000349655 650_0 $$aDemocracy$$zMiddle East. 000349655 650_0 $$aDemocratization$$zMiddle East. 000349655 651_0 $$aMiddle East$$xForeign relations$$zUnited States. 000349655 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xForeign relations$$zMiddle East. 000349655 85200 $$bgen$$hJQ1758.A91$$iR83$$i2006 000349655 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020231.html 000349655 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005020231-d.html 000349655 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:349655$$pGLOBAL_SET 000349655 980__ $$aBIB 000349655 980__ $$aBOOK