First Civilizational War
C O N T E N T S
A. August 2nd, 1990 : Gulf Crisis, beginning of the post-colonial era
1. The Emergence of "post-colonialism"
3. Our tragedy is the lack of genuine democracy
4. Future of the Arab world : three scenarios
5. Peace is contingent on observance of the United Nations Charter
6. The ins and outs of the war
B. January 17, 1991 : Outbreak of the First Civilizational War
7. The war which started and will not end
8. The hideous face of the new world order
9. Muslims in France and the Gulf War
10. Two weeks after the breakthrough of hostilities
11. Peace : a "Nightmare scenario"
12. Cultural aspects of the Gulf war
13. A civilizational confrontation
14. Five motives, five crimes, and five consequences of the war
15. The scientific and technological dimensions of the war
17. The American rejection of peace is inevitable
18. Cost of the Gulf war in figures
19. A modern time record of Western culture
20. The Tchernobyl of the Gulf
21. The Gulf war and its prospects
22. Our diversion before the diversion of the law
25. Futures of the Islamic world : Future studies - needs, facts and prospects
ANNEXES
I. Open letters to the United Nations Secretary general
II. Open letters to the Director General of UNESCO
III. Telefax to Edgard Pisani, President of the Institute of the Arab World (Paris)
IV. The Knights of Death, poem by Kemal Zebdi