The thistle and the drone : how America's war on terror became a global war on tribal Islam / Akbar Ahmed.
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 440 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780815723790
- 0815723792
- Afghan War (2001- )
- War on Terrorism (2001-2009)
- Islamic countries -- Relations -- United States
- United States -- Relations -- Islamic countries
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Tribes -- Islamic countries
- Islamic sociology
- Islamic countries -- Politics and government
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Islamic countries -- Politics and government
- Islamic countries -- Relations -- United States
- Islamic sociology
- Tribes -- Islamic countries
- United States -- Relations -- Islamic countries
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- HISTORY -- Modern -- 21st Century
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
- Islamic sociology
- Politics and government
- International relations
- Tribes
- Islamic countries
- United States
- War on terror
- Islam
- Islamitische wereld
- 2001 - 2009
- 909.83/1 23
- DS35.74.U6 A37 2013eb
- 15.50
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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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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