Smith says American academicians and journalists often cite a list of root causes for Middle East turmoil, in which the U.S., the West and Israel usually play a big part: a history of colonialism and economic exploitation, the creation of Israel and American support for the Jewish state, the politics of oil, Western backing of repressive Arab regimes and the U.S.military presence in the region.

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She moves from interpretation to actually finding the history, and the intertextuality, and the variations of these editions of the play.

她在从去看阐释的历史，到去探索真相，对文本互涉和，各种版本戏剧得心应手。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

She moves from interpretation to actually finding the history, and the intertextuality, and the variations of these editions of the play.

她在从去看阐释的历史，到去探索真相，对文本互涉和，各种版本戏剧得心应手。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选