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The thistle and the drone : how America's War on Terror became a global war on tribal Islam /

Ahmed, Akbar S.,

The thistle and the drone : how America's War on Terror became a global war on tribal Islam / Akbar Ahmed. - xi, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-402) and index.

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.

9789351160007

2013003952


War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Afghan War, 2001-
Tribes--Islamic countries.
Islamic sociology.


Islamic countries--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--Islamic countries.
Islamic countries--Politics and government.

DS35.74.U6 / A37 2013

909.831 AHM