Axis of Resistance: Towards an Independent Middle East

by Tim Anderson

his book, Axis of towards an independent Middle East, follows the author’s 2016 book The Dirty War on Syria. It examines the end of the war on Syria and the wider elements of the regional conflict, in particular the prospects for a democratic Palestine, the character of the Resistance and the role of Iran. It draws attention to these broad leitmotifs underpinning each particular history that are key to understanding both the parts and the single, essentially colonial impetus drives each particular US aggression from Libya to Afghanistan. These hybrid wars utilize propaganda offensives, economic siege warfare, terrorist proxies, direct invasions and military occupations followed by repression via client states. The aim is to keep resistance forces fragmented.Just as each aggression forms part of a broader Washington strategy, similarly the integration of the resistance in particular remains critical to its success.The Resistance has a common character but no idealized personality or ideology. However the common features are a demand for popular self-determination and for accountable social structures that serve broad social interests."Western policy has been worse than a crime it’s been a blunder.Tim Anderson’s epic study shows what a crime, what a blunder it has been.And how ugly the monster which now stalks the land. My land, your land, the whole of humanity. It is a must read.” GEORGE GALLOWAY, British politician “Axis of Resistance will take its place alongside the few books worth reading on how and by whom the flickering lights of the imperial twilight of ‘the West’ in the Middle East were finally extinguished.” DR. JEREMY SALT, Middle East historian, former professor Melbourne Universit

Genres: Middle East, Nonfiction

385 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2020

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Reviews

[Rami · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Tim Anderson’s political science book here is a fantastic read no matter how well-versed/ignorant you are regarding the War on Syria. While reading it can get a bit tedious, that is only due to how objectively the facts are presented. Throughout the book, Anderson relies on a plethora of cited sources from Russian, Middle Eastern, European, and American news outlets so that he can provide the different perspectives on the issue before addressing each of them.

To further certify his unbiased rebuttal of lies about the Middle East, Dr. Anderson puts American/western funded “human rights associations” like HRW and Amnesty International (each of which receive hundreds of millions from western countries and billionaires) along with Russian/Syrian/Iranian-sponsored investigation agencies off to the side and instead goes off the results of the unaffiliated UN organizations to objectively prove his points.

While the bulk of this book is focused on the situation in Syria, there remain information-heavy chapters on Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, and even some Latin American countries that are subjugated to American hegemonic ambitions.

Despite the doom and gloom that resonates from the Middle Eastern crisis, Dr. Anderson repeatedly offers hope for the region by pointing out the victories and advancements of the Global South over the West.