{"product_id":"war-in-the-age-of-trump-isbn-9781839760402","title":"War in the Age of Trump","description":"\u003cb\u003eIs the fall of ISIS the end of the perpetual war in the Middle East?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East. Here he charts the period from the recapture of Mosul in 2017 to  Turkey’s attack on Kurdish territory in November 2019, and recounts the  new phase in the wars of disintegration that have plagued the region. The ground battle with the caliphate is perhaps over, but was this the end of the conflict that has scarred  these nations for decades?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCockburn offers panoramic on-the-ground analysis as well as a lifetime’s study of the region. And here he shows how peace appears a  distant possibility with the continuation of conflict in Syria, Saudi Arabia’s violent  intervention in the Yemen, riots in Baghdad and Tehran. At the same time, the rising aggression between  Israel and Iran, the raising of stakes between the US, Russia and  Turkey, shows that this remains the theatre of the proxy wars of  the world’s superpowers. Has Trump abandoned the area for good, leaving a vacuum for others—Putin, Erdogan, Mohammed Bin Saud—to fill? He also looks at what might happen to the Islamic State: will it disappear now that it has lost its territory or emerge in a new form and with renewed violence?“Must-read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTomDispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Cockburn makes a powerful denunciation of double standards in western media.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Eminently readable … One of the region’s most distinguished western observers … Soaked in blood, sectarian strife and fanaticism, mired in Great Power hypocrisy and betrayal, this may not be everyone’s idea of feelgood lockdown literature but for anyone interested in the Middle East it is essential reading.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Justin Marozzi, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Cockburn\u003c\/b\u003e is a Middle East correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e and has worked previously for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e. His work on the crisis in the Middle East include the National Book Circle Awards-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eThe Occupation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSaddam Hussein: An American Obsession \u003c\/i\u003e(with Andrew Cockburn), The best-selling \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Islamic State\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Jihad.\u003c\/i\u003e He won the Martha Gellhorn  Prize in 2005, the James Cameron Prize in 2006, and the Orwell Prize for  Journalism in 2009. More recently he has been awarded Foreign  Commentator of the Year at the 2013 Editorial Intelligence Comment  Awards, Foreign Affairs Journalist of the Year in British Journalism Award 2014, and Foreign Reporter of the Year in Press Awards 2014.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303068127461,"sku":"NP9781839760402","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781839760402.jpg?v=1767743597","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/war-in-the-age-of-trump-isbn-9781839760402","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}