On March 13, President Bush told an audience at George Washington University, ‘Coalition forces have seized IEDs and components that were clearly…
Juan Cole
Juan R. I. Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three and a half decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context, and he has written widely about Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and South Asia. His books include Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires; The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East; Engaging the Muslim World; and Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East.
The ongoing trial of Saddam Hussein could prove increasingly uncomfortable for the Bush administration. The first crime of which the deposed dictator…
[Note: The argument advanced here by Juan Cole has been addressed in three articles by Gilbert Achcar, posted on Juan Cole’s site,…
The man who starts my every on-line day is standing at the door. He’s small-framed with short, wavy hair and fragile-looking specs.…
The war of guns is only part of any great military enterprise. It is always supplemented by a war of words and,…