Re: fRED hALLIDAY AND TERRORISM

I wasn't aware that Halliday had a new book, but based on his last one
(something like "The World After 2001") I'm quite sure he is no longer a
marxist.  Liberal or social democrat.  And in that book he definitely came
out in support of the U.S. war on Iraq of 1991.

RH



On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, George Snedeker wrote:

> has anyone read Fred Hallidays new book: TWO HOURS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD?
> this book actually has only three chapters which were written after Sept.
> 11. the other chapters were written before 9/11 and provide background for
> the attack on the WTC. halliday is a British Marxist who writes from a
> European perspective on terrorism. I don't think he is very sympathetic
> toward the people of the "Middle East."his analysis suffers from what Edward
> Said has called "orientalism." according to Halliday, the terrorists have
> disrupted the normal operations of a Europe centered capitalist world
> system. I am not sure what his position was on the Gulf War. he seems to
> think that we needed to stop Iraq from its aggression.  I would be
> interested in hearing a response on this book from anyone who has read it.
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