Muhammad Idrees Ahmad is a Lecturer in Digital Journalism at the University of Stirling. He has a doctorate in Sociology and his articles and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, Al Jazeera, The Nation, Le Monde Diplomatique, Guernica, Adbusters, IPS News, Political Insight and the London Review of Books blog. He has also appeared as a political analyst on the BBC, Al Jazeera, RAI TV, and various international radio channels. He edits Pulsemedia.org.
"This forcefully argued and meticulously researched book turns out
to be enormously relevant to the present moment ... Let me
reiterate the enormous significance and relevance of The Road to
Iraq. It is a work of tremendous intellectual diligence and moral
seriousness. We are all indebted to Ahmad for undertaking this
major contribution to the debate on one of the central events of
this century, whose aftershocks continue to unfold daily, to
disastrous effect. With the neocons poised to make a comeback, this
book serves as a cautionary tale of bracing urgency. It is a
must-read guide to the history of the present."--Danny Postel,
Associate Director of the Center for Middle East Studies,
University of Denver, in The Drouth
"Ahmad, who teaches journalism in the UK and writes for a variety
of American and European publications, traces the remarkable
history of neoconservatism in minute detail. He demonstrates its
consistent role as the voice of cold-war thinking, segueing
smoothly from militant anti-Communism of the era of Scoop Jackson
(the 'Senator from Boeing') to the new opportunities afforded by
Islamic fundamentalism since the 1990s."--James B. Rule,
Dissent
"The Road to Iraq is one of the most insightful and instructive
books for anyone wanting to know why the United States launched the
Iraq War, one of the biggest blunders in the history of US foreign
policy EL The Road to Iraq is an illuminating read about one of the
most disturbing episodes in recent US history. What the neocons did
in hijacking US policy was the closest thing to a coup that the
United States ever experienced, and this book does an excellent job
of explaining how the coup-plotters pulled it off."--Paul R.
Pillar, Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University,
International Journal of Middle East Studies
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