The thistle and the drone : how America's war on terror became a global war on tribal Islam
2013
Online
E-Book
- 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 440 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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The thistle and the drone : how America's war on terror became a global war on tribal Islam
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Ahmed, Akbar S. |
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Veröffentlichung: | 2013 |
Medientyp: | E-Book |
Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 440 pages) |
ISBN: | 978-0-8157-2379-0 (print) ; 978-0-8157-2378-3 (print) ; 0-8157-2379-2 (print) ; 0-8157-2378-4 (print) |
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