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In the Middle East, the cost of PC distortions can be measured in the lives of American soldiers, Iraqi civilians, Iranian dissidents, and Israeli Jews. The Politically Incorrect Guide (tm) to the Middle East is not an academic exercise; it is crucial reading for understanding the most important conflicts of our time.Over the past quarter century, he has developed an unparalleled record in covering and predicting the main economic and security developments of the world.Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Videos Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video. Upload video To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please try again later.The author, Martin Sieff, really digs into the history of the Middle East Conflict. He gives a very concise history of the entire region starting from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the present day. Since the book was written before Obama became President, it would be nice to know his opinions on the current administration since he gave very blunt reviews of past administrations.This book provides a very good overview of the current conflicts (yes, multiple conflicts, not just one) in the Middle East and offers an explanation for how things got that way. That is not the case with this book, however, as the author seeks to support his assertions with historical references, analysis and commentary from other respected thinkers. He minces no words and calls out a number of leaders on all sides, but he is not offensive, just outspoken. For me, who tends to be left of center, this book was a good way to gain an alternative perspective on the Middle East, and all of the troubling issues that are associated with that part of the world.http://www.nextwebdesign.co.uk/pictures/canon-lc700-manual.xml Martin Sieff is no friend of writers like Tom Friedman, but he does reference them and others with respect and is precise in his criticisms of their thinking, especially relative to globalization. There are a couple of places where I think Sieff stretches things a bit to accommodate his rosy view of people like Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, and that keeps me from giving this book 5 stars. But, to his credit, Sieff makes it clear where he is coming from and doesn't try to pass off his views as mainstream. Overall, this is a well-written book that gives readers a quick, easily digested conservative view of the Middle East and its conflicted cultures; I found it well worth the read. One caveat for those considering the Kindle edition, which is the one I purchased: Kindle does not render maps well, so if you do not already have a strong grasp of the geography of the Middle East, buy the book in hard copy so that you can read the maps clearly.This is pure racism masked in political correctness. I lived in the Middle East for 5 plus years and this author, obviously, doesn’t get it. Shame on the one who published a book without ethnographic observation.Sieff is down to earth and witty, yet in a blunt and even-handed manner he tells the story of the region as it should be told.It gives you the events as they happened without giving you all the crap of the politically correct. Very well written.It describes the unusually incomptent actions of western an eastern leaders of many nations and political parties in causing the mess. If you change names, dates, and places it would describe the 1930-1939 road to the second world war.The previous bugbears were the British Empire,but their place has been more than -irritatingly filled by the less than well-informed US political strategists who have not heeded any prior history of the region. It also provides fascinating insight as to the inter-nation relationships and how they are at present.http://stroyzona.com.ua/companynews/farmall-super-manual-freeThe more I read the more I'm concerned he's trying to keep it secular but with a hint of the propaganda the Muzzas and Lefties like to spread. I went over to the living room earlier to check the other remmaining books on the subject I have to read - and they ALL have notes PLUS an index. Well researched pieces to have notes and an index as a minimum, some an additional bibliography. This one hasn't, and it seems a bit like this Martin Sieff author person offers his opinion, because there are no sources where he gets his data from. Rant over!!Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 Previous page Next page. Please try again.Please try again.Please try again. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Rant over. Groups Discussions Quotes Ask the Author The mainstream media and Ivy League academics only make matters worse by casting everything in the usual politically correct mold: Arab terrorists are just desperate freedom fighters, and the region's The mainstream media and Ivy League academics only make matters worse by casting everything in the usual politically correct mold: Arab terrorists are just desperate freedom fighters, and the region's one free democracy--Israel--is the oppressor, not least because of its alliance with America. Now, in The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to the Middle East, veteran Middle East correspondent Martin Sieff puts the lie to all these myths and cliches, giving you everything you need to know about the region to understand its past, its present, and its possible future.To see what your friends thought of this book,This would have gotten four stars if the author had put as much effort into the book as they should have. That's what a book is for - filling out the gaps and making sure your arguments are supported! Esp This would have gotten four stars if the author had put as much effort into the book as they should have. That's what a book is for - filling out the gaps and making sure your arguments are supported. Especially if there's space for it, which there is here. Here's a hint: if you find yourself repeating stuff you've already said, either stop or dig deeper. My second Politically Incorrect Guide, after The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization, which I did not like at all. On the positive side; this book is incredibly informationally-dense. There's a brief history of the Ottoman Empire, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq.My second Politically Incorrect Guide, after The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization, which I did not like at all. There's a brief history of the Ottoman Empire, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq. Sieff astutely informs the reader that the dream of modern, secular democracies in the Middle East is not a tenable goal. Their entire cultural paradigm is completely different and detached from our Western one. I agree 100. Good stuff. On the negative side; the book contains many But Saudi Arabia is actually our friend, despite being completely ideologically opposed to every value that our modern, liberal, secular democracies hold dear. Saudi Arabia is our friend because they provide stability to a volatile Middle East (okay, I agree). They are also bulwarks against the Iranian threat (okay, I'll agree, again). Good broad-based, big-picture arguments, to be sure. But Saddam and Assad are horrible monsters who apparently did not do either of the aforementioned. The same can be said of Baathism, which the author derides frequently. It is far from the perfect political ideology, but Baathists are generally opposed to the violent, regressive Islamists that threaten to take their respective countries back to the 6th century. They would seem to me to make better allies than the 6th-century cavemen who are hell-bent on slaying the Infidel, wherever he hides. The reality of the situation is that the Middle East is a gigantic firecracker; full of tribal tensions just waiting to go off, so there are no easy answers. In any case, I don't need to agree with the narrative of the entire book to have enjoyed it, and this book was very well-researched, written, and delivered. The intro is well worth its price alone. This was a welcome change from the previous Politically Incorrect Guide I read. I'm not sure there will ever be a book on the politics of the Middle East that will meet the approval of everyone who reads it. Views on this topic - mirroring the region itself - lie on many of society's most contested fault lines. I would recommend this short, dense book; either as a reference or as general reading - to anyone interested. 4 stars. I'm sure many of those in the know would dispute many of the things that are said, but I am glad to hear the other perspective that doesn't normally see the light of day. One example is that I have always wondered who exactly Palestinians were - because as far as I could tell they are just Arabs and there is nothing unique about them. Saying this is almost dangerous though, a I'm sure many of those in the know would dispute many of the things that are said, but I am glad to hear the other perspective that doesn't normally see the light of day. Saying this is almost dangerous though, and I've only received dirty or confused looks whenever I've mentioned this. The P.I.G. talks about it and tells how the Palestinians are just Arabs who happened to live in Palestine. They had no identity of their own until the Arabs of neighboring countries began to label them differently and purposely kept them out of their countries to use them as a foil against the Zionist movement. Arafat of course picked this up and made Palestinian an ethnicity and a national identity even though until recently the Palestinians were no more a national people than are Nevadans or Virginians. I also appreciate the realist perspective on the Middle East, as I am not a fan of forcing democracy down the throats of other peoples. It seems to degrade the achievement of our forefathers, who worked at freedom for hundreds of years before we hit upon the right formula, to expect that anyone instantly can do democracy as well as it has worked for the American people. The amount of information being thrown at you is a little overwhelming, and the tone is a little dry, but this book will likely alter your perspective of the world at large. Helped shed some light on an area of the world I've long wanted to have sorted out in my mind. Really enjoyed finding out the histories behind why things are the way they are over there and what we should be doing differently in our dealings with these countries (Hint -- it's a LOT different from what we actually ARE doing. Gee, I wonder why it's not working out so well.would love for Obama to read a copy of this). Helped shed some light on an area of the world I've long wanted to have sorted out in my mind. Gee, I wonder why it's not working out so well.would love for Obama to read a copy of this). On the one hand, it is clear that this author believes himself to be a very intelligent person (and I say that without having read any of his other books where he brags about being a master of cycles of change) who has a lot of insight to give, but on the other hand, he is not quite as thoughtful or as worth agreeing with as he thinks himself to be. It is very clear that the author has a very cynical, even deliberately Machiavellian viewpoint On the one hand, it is clear that this author believes himself to be a very intelligent person (and I say that without having read any of his other books where he brags about being a master of cycles of change) who has a lot of insight to give, but on the other hand, he is not quite as thoughtful or as worth agreeing with as he thinks himself to be. At best, the shrewd and worldly wise advice of the author is something that one should engage in without having any illusions as to the trustworthiness of the person giving the advice, but at worst, the author has a moral blindness that leads him to insult anyone whose behavior in the Middle East is motivated by any kind of idealistic concerns, whether on the right or the left. And that blind hostility to morality and idealism is not something I can endorse either. This book of about 200 pages is divided into ten chapters. The author begins with a plea to bring back the Ottoman Empire to keep the Middle East as a backwater under harsh military rule that keeps its people from fighting each other (1). After that, the author rather sensibly points out that the Arab-Israeli conflict is not the fault of Israel and that it is based on anti-Semitic Muslim propaganda going back to the pre-Independence period (2). After that the author gives some depressing history about Iraq and its history of failure (3) and some unpleasant thoughts about radical Islam (4). After the author has some critical comments to make about Iran (5), gives a fairly lengthy discussion of the Arab-Israeli wars from 1947-1973 (6), and then praises the Saudis as part of the solution to the Middle East rather than part of the problem (7). After this the author discusses wars and peace in the Middle East since 1975 or so (8), the history of September 11 and failures on the part of the Clinton and Bush presidencies (9) and what works and what doesn't work with regards to peace in the Middle East (10), closing with the same sort of suitably cynical advice that he began with. Again, this book is to be noted mainly for its extreme hostility towards Western idealism and its extreme cynicism. The book could not have been more cynical if it had been written by Kissinger or Machiavelli themselves, and in fact, much of the commentary reads like Machiavelli's own diplomatic reports on the Holy Roman Emperors of his day that he interacted with as a Florentine diplomat of the early 1500's. This is not to say that the advice is bad; it would certainly be wise for the United States to encourage Saudi Arabia to be a counterweight to Iran and the idea of spreading democracy to the Middle East at this time is certainly unwise in light of the general lack of political maturity of the region.It attempts to cut through the politically motivated interpretations and definitions of the history of the region including religious explanations for misunderstandings and actions of various groups. He present how mistakes by the western powers including Britain and the US set up much of what we see today, including trying to It attempts to cut through the politically motivated interpretations and definitions of the history of the region including religious explanations for misunderstandings and actions of various groups. He present how mistakes by the western powers including Britain and the US set up much of what we see today, including trying to foster democratic governments when the people did not understand it and were not ready to accept it. The conditions were nothing like what the allies dealt with in Germany or Japan after WWII. Great read for anyone who wants to get factual history without the usual spin. You could tell the author’s strong tendencies to respect or dislike vehemently certain political leaders (for what they did as well as for their personal character flaws he saw in their leadership), which are supported by facts he presents. The benefit of this style, which I appreciated, is that the author brings these leaders to life; the caveat is that whatever facts he presents is tainted with the auth You could tell the author’s strong tendencies to respect or dislike vehemently certain political leaders (for what they did as well as for their personal character flaws he saw in their leadership), which are supported by facts he presents. The benefit of this style, which I appreciated, is that the author brings these leaders to life; the caveat is that whatever facts he presents is tainted with the author’s biases and particular narrative. But in a region such as the Middle East, a totally neutral documentation is almost impossible — and I would mistrust anyone who claims to do so — so I appreciated that the author is open and honest through his style of writing where he stands in the questions about the Middle East. Not all lives are equal. Jews' life matters, while Arab life's and livelihood are accepted collateral damage.Arabs killed deported in Palestine is a small price to have the shiny country of israel Not all lives are equal. Jews' life matters, while Arab life's and livelihood are accepted collateral damage.Arabs killed deported in Palestine is a small price to have the shiny country of israel I liked the first several I read, but then it seemed like they were just rushing these out on any topic they could think of due to the success of the first few. The first few I read, such as the ones on the Civil War and Science, were in-depth studies by clear experts in their fields. Although I liked this one on the Middle East, it seemed like much more of an overview than some of the others. I’m glad that it constr I liked the first several I read, but then it seemed like they were just rushing these out on any topic they could think of due to the success of the first few. I’m glad that it constrained itself to really just covering the 20th century up until about 2007 and not the region’s entire history, but even covering that time period in just over 200 pages really doesn’t leave much room for depth and analysis. However, I do think this provides a good foundation for learning more about the Middle East and helped me to fill in gaps in my knowledge, particularly about the time leading up to WWII and the 60s and 70s. I wish there had been a little more analysis and less A happened, then B happened, then C happened. That doesn’t mean the author didn’t let his opinion sneak in, but for the most part it read like a list of facts rather than a cohesive narrative. I just don’t think I’ll remember a lot of things from the book as well as I do when it’s presented a little differently. For those assuming this will come from an entirely pro-Republican perspective, the author has major issues with Bush and believes most of our presidents on both sides have been fairly inept at dealing with the Middle East, primarily because we expect them to act like a Western democracy. I think Ford is the only president he really praises, and that’s mainly because Ford got out of Kissinger’s way. A few of the highlights of what I learned: 1. The term “Palestinian” was originally used to refer to Palestinian Jews. This term was used to refer to Jewish people living in the area until the 1950s. After the creation of Israel they began using the term “Israelis” or “Israelites” to refer to themselves and that caught on. When Arafat came to power in 1964, he needed a term for the Arabs in the region, many of whom had been kicked out of the neighboring countries and didn’t have a cohesive identity. He started using the term Palestinian and obviously it stuck. 2. The Ba’ath party was started by socialists interested in social justice. The founders were people who had Western educations and had become Marxists. Instead they ended up becoming totalitarian dictators led by Saddam Hussein (who idolized Stalin). Historically though, we tend to work together and our someone we need in the area. I also learned more about their history and how we blow Lawrence of Arabia's role in helping them develop way out of proportion. I really didn't know much about him either, so I found that section quite helpful. There was a few grammatical errors that drove me nuts, enough in the beginning to become a small distraction. However with that said this book gave very new and insightful ideas on how America can do a better job with the middle east. I believe using Saudi Arabia in a greater capacity is a great and inspired idea. The author clearly has a great understanding of the middle east and his ideas should be carefully considered by ou There was a few grammatical errors that drove me nuts, enough in the beginning to become a small distraction. The author clearly has a great understanding of the middle east and his ideas should be carefully considered by our leadership. Since he finished this book so much has changed. Mobarak the President of Egypt was removed and replaced by a Muslim Brotherhood extremist. Then the Muslim Brotherhood was replaced again by a military coup. Iraq was abandoned as we were just beginning to stabilize the region. Bashar al-Assad is fighting for dear life against Al-Qaeda on steroids called the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Iraq is also fighting the Islamic state and is becoming a political pawn of Iran. Iran is seriously close to building a nuclear weapon and Israel is fighting Hamas for its right to exist. The middle east is an important region and it would be a determent to everyone in the world if it was to fall to extremist Islamic terrorism and socialism. If the few anti-Democratic Party comments in the book don't distract or distress you, then you'll find the book cont. The author clearly isn't a fan of liberal author Michael Moore or ex-President Jimmy Carter, nor Bill Clinton to some extent, but there are plenty of people who share those views. If the few anti-Democratic Party comments in the book don't distract or distress you, then you'll find the book contains brief snippets of information covering a wide range of topics on the Middle East, most of which appears rational and reasonable. So while not wanting to accept responsibility for poor planning or poor choices by the Bush Administration in this regard, it's a minor element of the book, and the wide range of ideas and topics covered provide a good background into key elements of the Middle East. Why can't there be peace. Why, in spite of best efforts by so many American Presidents, there is no hope for peace. This book is a must read to answer all these and many more questions. The biggest mistake we all make is assuming that what has worked for western civilization, and in India will work elsewhere. But the Authors clearly, using example of Ottoman Empire, show why the Middle east should be ruled the way they did it. And why The Ho Why can't there be peace. And why The House of Saud is doing such a wonderful job. A must read for anyone who wants the enigma of Middle - east understood. Somehow, the public schools that I attended for 16 years forgot to mention any of it. Sief has his bias, and he is certainly clear about it, but his outline of the situation in the Middle East smacks of realpolitik and wonderful hindsight.Somehow, the public schools that I attended for 16 years forgot to mention any of it. Sief has his bias, and he is certainly clear about it, but his outline of the situation in the Middle East smacks of realpolitik and wonderful hindsight. Read it! Let's talk. Much of the material is simply the author's opinions about events and policies that the reader has already encountered. The bright spot, if you choose to see it that way, is the part where he describes the rise of modern antisemitism in the Near East: earlier, bloodier, and more widespread than you might think. Fast-paced, crisp narration. Much of the material is simply the author's opinions about events and policies that the reader has already encountered. Fast-paced, crisp narration. Good description of past and present conflicts in the region. Strong governments (that will quell extremists, as the Saudis do) and quiescent tensions seem to be the answer to prevent open war and let the people of region survive and prosper. I loved the references for further reading and the exploration of the impact of specific people on historical events. The book covered many events that I knew very little about and it was worth reading for that reason alone. However, I would have preferred a book that presents historical fact and allows the reader to draw his own opinion. This book pushes one agenda and draws one conclusion. The question is who should we trust, the professors of the academia or the right-wing war mongering of Martin Sieff. A depressing book which shakes any hope for the Middle East or humanity. It claims to present arguments unacceptable by western academia. The question is who should we trust, the professors of the academia or the right-wing war mongering of Martin Sieff. A depressing book which shakes any hope for the Middle East or humanity. The author kept jumping back and forth when it came to dates and any conclusions he made weren't based on anything he had written before. It left me more confused than before I started reading this. It's too bad. The author kept jumping back and forth when it came to dates and any conclusions he made weren't based on anything he had written before. It's too bad. All of this is available in different forms elsewhere, but this is a great collection of the basic facts. This should be required reading for high schools. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Why? The mainstream media and Ivy League academics, instead of helping, only make matters worse by casting everything in the usual politically correct mold: Arab terrorists are just desperate freedom fighters, and the region's one free democracy -- Israel -- is the oppressor, not least because of its alliance with America. A different strain of political correctness has seeped into some minds on the right -- most notably the Bush administration, which, so ready to buy into the egalitarian myths we are all taught, believed that Western-style democracy could flourish anywhere. Now, in The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East, veteran Middle East correspondent Martin Sieff puts the lie to all these myths and cliches, giving you everything you need to know about the region to understand its past, its present, and its possible future. Or call 1-800-MY-APPLE. Taxes where applicable. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Jihad delves into the dark world of radical Islam, exposing the most violent menace of the 21st century.You’ll learn that the real reason why Lincoln launched an invasion of his own country (he never admitted that secession was legal or legitimate) was to destroy the voluntary union of the founders and replace it with a coerced union held together by violence and threats of violence, much more like the old Soviet Union than the original American union. That book was about standing at the precipice of progressivism’s threat to our freedom, and now, over a decade later, we’re fully over that precipice and paying the price. In American Marxism, Levin explains how the core elements of Marxist ideology are now pervasive in American society and culture. At universities and in the media, professors and pundits decry Western civilization as exploitative, destructive, and without value.