Good Muslim, bad Muslim, America, the Cold War, and the roots of terror, Mahmood Mamdani
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Good Muslim, bad Muslim, America, the Cold War, and the roots of terror, Mahmood Mamdani
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Good Muslim, bad Muslim
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
774538574
Responsibility statement
Mahmood Mamdani
Sub title
America, the Cold War, and the roots of terror
Summary
"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
Table Of 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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- Cold War
- Terrorism + Political aspects + History -- 20th century
- Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- Foreign relations
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 + Causes
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- Islam and politics + History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
- Drug traffic + Political aspects + History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries
- 1900-2009
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- Cold War
- Terrorism + Political aspects + History -- 20th century
- Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- Foreign relations
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 + Causes
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- Islam and politics + History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
- Drug traffic + Political aspects + History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries
- 1900-2009
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