Fred Halliday always combined the broad sweep of modern history, its currents and ideas with a profound knowledge of modern revolutions, the Middle East and national movements. This collection of columns written for openDemocracy between 2004 and 2009 is proof of a subtle worldview that continues to generate questions: what is the relation between religion, nationalism and progress? Is a new international order possible? When is intervention a force for progress? From the big headlines topics like the Iraq war or the Danish cartoons, to the unexpected comparisons, of Tibet and Palestine or Afghanistan and the Falklands, Halliday is a perennially surprising and enlightening guide to the major issues of international politics.
- ISBN10 1283545934
- ISBN13 9781283545938
- Publish Date 1 January 2012 (first published 17 March 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format eBook
- Language English