America and political Islam : clash of cultures or clash of interests? / Fawaz A. Gerges.
America and political Islam : clash of cultures or clash of interests? / Fawaz A. Gerges.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N327.73017/ 2
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English
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xiii, 282 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Framing American Foreign Policy -- 2. The Intellectual Context of American Foreign Policy -- 3. Islam and Muslims in the Mind of America -- 4. The Carter, Reagan, and Bush Administrations' Approach to Islamists -- 5. The Clinton Administration: Co-opting Political Islam -- 6. The Islamic Republic...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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England
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
Islam policy, the book applies and tests the pronouncements of U.S. officials in four representative case studies - Iran, Algeria, Egypt, and Turkey - allowing decision makers and the shapers of foreign-policy opinion to speak with their own words. Finally, the author addresses the clash-of-civilizations debate and assesses the relative weight that...
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America and political Islam : clash of cultures or clash of interests? / Fawaz A. Gerges.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-273) and index.
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N327.73017/ 2
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0521630428 (hc.)
9780521639576 (pbk.)
0521639573 (pbk.)
9780521630429 (hbk.)
0521630428 (hbk.)
9780521630429 (hc.)
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327.73017671
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991014441189702626