Introduction. Us versus them : America and Islam in the age of terror -- Genesis : containment and Cold War in the Muslim world -- George H.W. Bush and the end of the Cold War : "beyond containment" in the Middle East -- Bill Clinton and the Middle East : from "enlargement" to "dual containment" -- Containment on steroids? : George W. Bush and rogue state rollback -- The Obama doctrine : "contagement" and counterterrorism in the Muslim world -- Revelations : Islamophobia, the green threat, and a new cold war in the Middle East?
Summary:
Analyzes the reasons that the United States shifted its attention after 1989 from the containment of communism to a policy of combatting radical Islam, exploring the political and economic tensions that created a foreign policy fueled by Islamophobia. --Publisher's description.
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