Good Muslim, bad Muslim : America, the Cold War, and the roots of terror /
"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 Wes...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | "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. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 304 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0375422854 9780375422850 2869781342 9782869781344 9782869781382 2869781385 |