Superpower syndrome : America's apocalyptic confrontation with the world / Robert Jay Lifton.
Superpower syndrome : America's apocalyptic confrontation with the world / Robert Jay Lifton.
Superpower syndrome : America's apocalyptic confrontation with the world / Robert Jay Lifton.
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New York : Thunder's Mouth Press/Nations Books, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N973.931/20
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English
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Physical content
xii, 211 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents
1. The Apocalyptic Face-off -- 2. Apocalyptic Violence -- 3. Century of Excess -- 4. Aum Shinrikyo - The Threshold Crossed -- 5. Bin Laden and al-Qaeda: "I Envision Saladin Coming Out of the Clouds" -- 6. The Terrorist Dynamic -- 7. A Superpower's "War on Terrorism" -- 8. Apocalyptic America -- 9. S...
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Publisher
New York : Thunder's Mouth Press/Nations Books, 2003.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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"In Superpower Syndrome, psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton describes two competing apocalyptic visions - Islamist and American - each aiming at massive destruction in the service of global purification and revewal. While the Islamist forces are overtly visionary in their willingness to kill and die for their religion. American forces claim restraint a...
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Superpower syndrome : America's apocalyptic confrontation with the world / Robert Jay Lifton.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210).
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N973.931/20
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1560255129
9781560255123
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973.931
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991017300479702626
