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Assessing the War on Terror / ed. by Etga Ugur, Mohammed Ayoob.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626370975
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.3250973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6432 .A77 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Assessing the War on Terror -- 2 The War on Terror: Comparisons with the Cold War -- 3 Understanding Al-Qaeda: Disentangling Myth from Reality -- 4 Afghanistan: The First Theater of the War -- 5 Pakistan: Perfidious Ally in the War on Terror -- 6 The Arab World: Grappling with Multiple Consequences -- 7 Iran and Turkey: Pivotal Regional Powers -- 8 Europe: Reinforcing Existing Trends -- 9 The United States: Civil Society’s Defense of the Rule of Law -- 10 Trapped, or Not, in the Legacy of the War on Terror -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Was the US-led war on terror, especially the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, a necessary response to the September 11 terrorist attacks? What did the two invasions accomplish? How have the fortunes of al-Qaeda and like-minded organizations been affected? The authors of this important contribution to ongoing debates address these questions as they assess the impact and implications of the war on terror for the Middle East, for Europe, and for the United States itself.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Assessing the War on Terror -- 2 The War on Terror: Comparisons with the Cold War -- 3 Understanding Al-Qaeda: Disentangling Myth from Reality -- 4 Afghanistan: The First Theater of the War -- 5 Pakistan: Perfidious Ally in the War on Terror -- 6 The Arab World: Grappling with Multiple Consequences -- 7 Iran and Turkey: Pivotal Regional Powers -- 8 Europe: Reinforcing Existing Trends -- 9 The United States: Civil Society’s Defense of the Rule of Law -- 10 Trapped, or Not, in the Legacy of the War on Terror -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

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Was the US-led war on terror, especially the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, a necessary response to the September 11 terrorist attacks? What did the two invasions accomplish? How have the fortunes of al-Qaeda and like-minded organizations been affected? The authors of this important contribution to ongoing debates address these questions as they assess the impact and implications of the war on terror for the Middle East, for Europe, and for the United States itself.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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