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The thistle and the drone [electronic resource] : how America's War on Terror became a global war on tribal Islam / Akbar Ahmed.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013 2015); Washington, District of Columbia : Brookings Institution Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 424 pages) :) illustrationsISBN:
  • 9780815723790
  • 0815723792
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 909.83/1 23
LOC classification:
  • DS35.74.U6 A37 2013
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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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Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-402) and index.

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.

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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