The Thistle and the Drone : How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam /
Argues that the campaigns that fall under "The War on Terror" have exacerbated the already-broken relationship between central Islamic governments and the tribal societies within their borders.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2013
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The thistle and the drone
- 2. Waziristan: "The most dangerous place in the world"
- 3. Bin Laden's dilemma: balancing tribal and Islamic identity
- 4. Musharraf's dilemma: balancing center and periphery
- 5. Obama's dilemma: balancing security and human rights
- 6. How to win the War on Terror: stopping a thousand genocides now
- Appendix: Of tears and nightmares
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index.