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New York, Seven Stories Press, 2002.
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| Description |
106pGrey Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Lebanese scholar As'ad AbuKhalil examines the roots of the September 11 crisis, the causes for antipathy toward the United States, and the historical relations between the U.S. and the Islamic world. He also reviews the background of U.S. entanglement with the Middle East, and how it catalyzed militant fundamentalist networks that came to perceive the United States as an enemy. Beginning with an introduction on the legacy of Western misconceptions about Islam and Arabs, the book focuses on Islamic fundamentalism and U.S. foreign policy, and the way both polarize the world into a "good and evil" "with us or against us" view. Drawing heavily from Arabic language sources, AbuKhalil discusses the rise of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, the Saudi connection, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the regional implications of the American "War On Terrorism."
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| Contents |
Introduction
Islamophobia
Pre-September 11 U.S. Policy toward the middle east and "Islam"
Afghanistan in the wake of the Cold war
The Saudi connection
The rise of Osama Bin Laden
September 11: Views from the middle east and muslim world
America's war against terrorism
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
About the author
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| Standard Number |
1583224920 Pb.
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