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Landscapes of the Jihad
Militancy, Morality, Modernity
Av Faisal Devji
Inbunden, 2005
616 kr
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What are the motives behind Osama bin Laden's and Al-Qaeda's jihad against America and the West? Innumerable attempts have been made in recent years to explain that mysterious worldview. In Landscapes of the Jihad, Faisal Devji focuses on the ethical content of this jihad as opposed to its …
Revolt on the Tigris
The Al-Sadr Uprising and the Governing of Iraq
Inbunden, 2005
840 kr
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A former paratrooper in the British Army with extensive experience of conflict and post-conflict management in the countries of former Yugoslavia, Mark Etherington had just completed an M.Phil. in international relations at Cambridge University in 2003 when the British Foreign Office asked him to …
Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq
Inbunden, 2006
643 kr
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Years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a loosely organized insurgency continues to target American and Coalition soldiers, as well as Iraqi security forces and civilians, with devastating results. In this sobering account of the ongoing violence, Ahmed Hashim, a specialist on Middle Eastern …
Iraq in Fragments
The Occupation and Its Legacy
Av Eric Herring, Glen Rangwala
Inbunden, 2006
919 kr
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When the United States led the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, it expected to be able to establish a prosperous liberal democracy with an open economy that would serve as a key ally in the region. It sought to engage Iraqi society in ways that would defeat any challenge to that state building …
Peace at Any Price
How the World Failed Kosovo
Av Iain King, Whit Mason
Inbunden, 2006
566 kr
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In June 1999, after three months of NATO air strikes had driven Serbian forces back from the province of Kosovo, the United Nations Security Council authorized creation of an interim civilian administration. Under this mandate, the UN was empowered to coordinate reconstruction, maintain law and …
Diplomatic Sites
A Critical Enquiry
Inbunden, 2013
537 kr
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Although diplomacy increasingly takes place in non-traditional settings that are increasingly non-Western, our debates about diplomacy still focus on traditional points of contact such as the conference table, the ministerial office and the press conference. This book is framed as a discussion on …
Landscapes of the Jihad
Militancy, Morality, Modernity
Av Faisal Devji
Häftad, 2017
219 kr
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The militant Islam represented by Al-Qaeda is often described as a global movement. Apart from the geographical range of its operations and support, little else is held to define it as 'global'.Landscapes of the Jihad explores the features that Al-Qaeda and other strands of militant Islam share in …
Darfur
The Ambiguous Genocide
Inbunden, 2005
485 kr
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In mid-2004 the Darfur crisis in Western Sudan forced itself on to the centre stage of world affairs. A formerly obscure 'tribal conflict' in the heart of Africa has escalated into what could be the first genocide of the twenty-first century. Its characteristics - Arabism, Islamism, African …
