Format:
Online-Ressource (440 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780815723783
Content:
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the United States declared war on terrorism. Morethan ten years later, the results are decidedly mixed. Here world-renowned author,diplomat, and scholar Akbar Ahmed reveals an important yet largely ignored result ofthis war: in many nations it has exacerbated the already broken relationship between central governments and the largely rural Muslim tribal societies on the peripheries of both Muslim and non-Muslim nations. The center and the periphery are engaged in a mutually destructive civil war across the globe, a conflict that has been intensified by the w
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Description based upon print version of record
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Front Cover; Inside Flap; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; The Thistle and the Drone; Waziristan: ""The Most Dangerous Place in the World""; Bin Laden's Dilemma: Balancing Tribal and Islamic Identity; Musharraf's Dilemma: Balancing Center and Periphery; Obama's Dilemma: Balancing Security and Human Rights; How to Win the War on Terror: Stopping a Thousand Genocides Now; Appendix: Of Tears and Nightmares; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; Back Cover
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780815723790
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780815723783
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Thistle and the Drone : How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam
Language:
English
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