Behind Enemy Lies - War, News and Chaos in the Middle East

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by Patrick Cockburn

In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes as a historian of the present to describe the “forever wars” in the Middle East. Donald Trump promised to end these conflicts but failed. Now it is President Biden’s turn to decide whether the United States can back away from the most violent and unstable region in the world. The US and its allies do not have the strength to win, but they do have the power to avoid defeat, protracting conflicts interminably in the process. So far, there is little to suggest Biden will escape the regional quagmire that trapped his predecessors.

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by Patrick Cockburn

In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes as a historian of the present to describe the “forever wars” in the Middle East. Donald Trump promised to end these conflicts but failed. Now it is President Biden’s turn to decide whether the United States can back away from the most violent and unstable region in the world. The US and its allies do not have the strength to win, but they do have the power to avoid defeat, protracting conflicts interminably in the process. So far, there is little to suggest Biden will escape the regional quagmire that trapped his predecessors.

by Patrick Cockburn

In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes as a historian of the present to describe the “forever wars” in the Middle East. Donald Trump promised to end these conflicts but failed. Now it is President Biden’s turn to decide whether the United States can back away from the most violent and unstable region in the world. The US and its allies do not have the strength to win, but they do have the power to avoid defeat, protracting conflicts interminably in the process. So far, there is little to suggest Biden will escape the regional quagmire that trapped his predecessors.