{"product_id":"behind-enemy-lies-isbn-9781839763960","title":"Behind Enemy Lies","description":"\u003cb\u003eA journalistic account of Trump's wars in the Middle East from a highly acclaimed journalist who has been reporting on the area for decades\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, leading to the assassination of Iranian General Sulemani.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCockburn offers panoramic on-the-ground analysis as well as a lifetime's study of the region. As author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Islamic State\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eAge of Jihad\u003c\/i\u003e, he has proved to be leading, critical commentator of US intervention and the chaos it has wrecked\/ And here he shows how, since Trump entered the White House promising an end to the Forever War, peace appears a  distant possibility with the continuation of conflict in Syria, Saudi Arabia's violent  intervention in the Yemen, the fall of the Kurds, riots in Baghdad, and the continued aggression towards Iran. While ISIS has been defeated, it is not clear whether it has disappeared from the region. Trump's policies has appeared to pour petrol on the flames, emboldening the other superpowers involved in the proxy wars. Following the collapse of the deal with Iran, and the threat of war crimes, is a new balance of power possible?\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":46305265189093,"sku":"NP9781839763960","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781839763960.jpg?v=1767722381","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/behind-enemy-lies-isbn-9781839763960","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}