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Us versus them : the United States, radical Islam, and the rise of the green threat /

"...[E]xamines how American presidents, policy makers, and diplomats dealt with the rise of Islamic extremism in the modern era. Focusing on White House decision-making from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama, [the author] traces the transformation of the Cold War-era "Red Threat" into...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Little, Douglas, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Edición:Second edition /
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Us versus them : America and Islam in the age of Terror
  • Genesis : containment and Cold War in the Muslim world
  • George H. W. Bush and the end of the Cold War : "Beyond containment" in the Middle East
  • Bill Clinton and the Middle East : from "enlargement" to "dual containment"
  • Containment on steroids? George W. Bush and rogue state rollback
  • The Obama doctrine : "contagement" and counterterrorism in the Muslim world
  • Revelations : Islamophobia, the Green Threat, and a new Cold War in the Middle East?
  • Midnight in the graveyard of empires.