Behind the War on Terror: Western Secret Strategy and the Struggle for Iraq

Richard Alexander

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed Forest Row, East Sussex: Clairview, 2003, p/back, £11.95 It is, perhaps, unfair to review a current affairs book, a year or so after its initial publication. In this age of the Internet and the speed at which information is passed between people and continents, what chance does any book stand of ... Read more

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