Westerners have long fetishized Oreintal warfare, hoping wither to emulate enemy strategy or assimilate members of Eastern and martial races into their ranks. Yet, at the same time, Eastern warriors such as the Taliban and Hezbollah inflict shock and surprise, reinventing themse…
This book argues against the idea that culture dictates the strategy of war and only encompasses an ambiguous repertoire of ideas rather than a clear code of action. The author warns of the danger of fetishizing the exotic, which complicates a more accurate understanding of the …
The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University, examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic. In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of orien…
In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entre…
The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University, examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.
The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University, examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.
