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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.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2013]
©2013

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  909.83 AHMED    Check Shelf
Description xi, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography 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.
Subject Islamic countries -- Relations -- United States.
United States -- Relations -- Islamic countries.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Afghan War, 2001-2021
Tribes -- Islamic countries.
Islamic sociology.
Islamic countries -- Politics and government.
ISBN 9780815723783 hardcover alkaline paper
0815723784 hardcover alkaline paper
Standard No. 40022115139
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