Good Muslim, bad Muslim : America, the Cold War, and the roots of terror / Mahmood Mamdani.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Three Leaves Press, ©2004.Description: xiv, 304 pages ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780385515375
- Cold War
- Islam and politics -- History -- 20th century
- Terrorism -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century
- Drug traffic -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Causes
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Causes
- Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries
- E840. M363 2005
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | E840.M363 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000373984 |
Abstract: "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.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Modernity and violence -- Culture talk, or How not to talk about Islam and politics -- The Cold War after Indochina -- Afghanistan : the high point in the Cold War -- From proxy wars to open aggression -- Beyond impunity and collective punishment.
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