This book discusses the actions of various western governments in the Middle East after the 9/11 attacks.
It reflects how the popular discourses found in the media and in political circles indicate a continued presence of orientalist and neocolonialist undercurrents.
Earlier works by Gregory have concentrated on political, cultural and historical geography.
A book published in 1994, Geographical Imaginations, explores the relations between social theory and place, space and landscape.
His current research is on late modern war and on the cultural/political histories and geographies of bombing.