Good Muslim, bad Muslim
America, the Cold War, and the roots of terror
About this book
"Dispels the idea of 'good' (secular, westernized) and 'bad' (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer to political rather than cultural or religious identities ... Argues that political Islam emerged as the result of a modern encounter with Western power, and that the terrorist movement at the center of Islamist politics is an even more recent phenomenon, one that followed America's embrace of proxy war after its defeat in Vietnam"--jacket.
Subjects
- 320.5'57
- 320.5/57
- aspect politique
- attentats du 11 septembre 2001, états-unis
- buitenlandse politiek
- causes
- cold war
- developing countries, foreign relations, united states
- diplomatic relations
- drogues
- drug traffic
- drug traffic--political aspects--history
- drug traffic--political aspects--history--20th century
- e840 .m346 2004
- e840 .m346 2005
- essays
- foreign relations
- general
- government
- guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009
- guerre froide
- histoire
- history
- islam
- islam and politics
- islam and politics--history
- islam and politics--history--20th century
- koude oorlog
- national
- political aspects
- political aspects of drug traffic
- political aspects of terrorism
- political science
- reference
- relations extérieures
- september 11 terrorist attacks
- september 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
- september 11 terrorist attacks, 2001--causes
- terrorism
- terrorisme
- terrorism--political aspects--history
- terrorism--political aspects--history--20th century
- terrorism, poltical aspects
- trafic
- united states, foreign relations, 1945-1989
- united states, foreign relations, afghanistan
- united states, foreign relations, developing countries
- war
- war on terrorism, 2001-2009