ISBN:
9788132113782
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (341 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Global Jihad and America : The Hundred-Year War Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan
DDC:
363.3250973
Keywords:
Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention
;
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
;
Islamic fundamentalism
;
Islamic countries -- Relations -- Western countries
;
Islamic countries ; Relations ; Western countries
;
Islamic fundamentalism
;
Terrorism ; United States ; Prevention
;
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
USA
;
Sicherheitspolitik
;
Terrorismus
;
Bekämpfung
;
Islam
;
Fundamentalismus
;
Djihad
Abstract:
Global Jihad and America questions the assumption if Islamist terrorism, or "Global Jihad," poses the biggest threat to modern civilization in the East and West. It explores if Islamic and Western civilizations, being "incompatible" to each other, are destined to be at loggerheads. Consequently, the book argues that state-sponsored terrorism and proxy wars-not terrorist acts by "non-state actors"-will pose the biggest security threat to the world. This study does not suggest that the world has already reached the cul-de-sac of its destiny with no point of return. Both America and the Muslim Wo
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Praise for Global Jihad and America; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Dynamics of Islam and Islamism: Allah's Law versus Mullah's Law; 3 - Global Muslims' Triple Jeopardy: Islamophobia, Israel, and Globalization; 4 - Is the American Empire "Exceptional"?; 5 - Global Jihad: Philosophies and Flashpoints; 6 - The Eye of the Storm: "Jihad" and Proxy Wars in South Asia; 7 - Another Eye of the Storm: The Middle East and Northwest Africa; 8 - Conclusion; Index; About the Author
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