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Author:
Ahmed, Akbar S., author.
Title:
The thistle and the drone : how America's War on Terror became a global war on tribal Islam / Akbar Ahmed.
Publisher:
Brookings Institution Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xi, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Islamic countries--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--Islamic countries.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Afghan War, 2001-
Tribes--Islamic countries.
Islamic sociology.
Islamic countries--Politics and government.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-402) and index.
Contents:
The thistle and the drone -- Waziristan: "The most dangerous place in the world" -- Bin Laden's dilemma: balancing tribal and Islamic identity -- Musharraf's dilemma: balancing center and periphery -- Obama's dilemma: balancing security and human rights -- How to win the War on Terror: stopping a thousand genocides now.
ISBN:
0815723784 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9780815723783 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)794708161
LCCN:
2013003952
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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