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Global Jihad and America : the hundred-year-war beyond Iraq and Afghanistan / Taj Hashmi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hashmi, Taj ul-Islam, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--United States--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
- Islamic fundamentalism.
- Islamic countries--Relations--Western countries.
- Islamic countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : SAGE, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study questions the assumption if Islamist terrorims of 'Global Jihad' poses the biggest threat to modern civilization in the East and West. If the Islamic and Western civilizations being 'incompatible' to each other are destined to be a loggerheads for an indefinite period is another area of investigation. This book argues that the world is fast entering the post-terrorist phase of modern history.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print verison record.
- ISBN:
- 93-5150-426-3
- 93-5150-788-2
- 93-5150-086-1
- 9789351507888
- OCLC:
- 986593272
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