To listen to a talk by the author, Rashid Khalidi, go to the Amherst College page Rashid Khalidi, “Sowing Crisis in the Middle East.
For a mainstream liberal response to Khalidi, see: “Six Questions for Rashid Khalidi, Author of Sowing Crisis” published by Harper’s Magazine in the United States.
Columbia University historian Rashid Khalidi has been a forceful critic of the Bush Administration’s heavy-handed conduct in the Middle East, often drawing on modern historical parallels to argue that the approaches taken are short-sighted. In his latest book, Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East, he recaps the Cold War era in Middle Eastern history, showing how the United States dominated the region throughout the period but was able to achieve remarkably little nonetheless. Scott Horton, a specialist on International Law and Human Rights put six questions to Khalidi about his new book. (Read Further)