Publisher's Synopsis
In 1988 Richard B. Parker, a former American ambassador to Algeria, Morocco, and Lebanon said it was "a miracle" that relations between the United States and the Arab states weren't worse, given that the US had done more than enough to generate hostility in the Middle East. He also predicted that further acts of violence against US citizens would follow. However, he did not attribute this violence to entrenched anti-Americanism; instead he viewed attacks directed against Americans and American symbols as a reaction against US policy. Fifteen years later, after 9/11, the invasion of Iraq and the continuing intifada in Palestine, the contributors to this comprehensive volume discuss the history and current manifestation of anti-Americanism in the following countries: the Maghreb (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco); Egypt; Sudan;Saudi Arabia;Gulf States; Yemen; Iraq; Iran; Jordan/Lebanon/Syria; Palestinian Territories; Pakistan; Africa South of the Sahara; Southeast Asia (Indonesia/Malaysia).
