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Us versus Them: The United States, Radical Islam, and the Rise of the Green Threat
Douglas Little
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Description for Us versus Them: The United States, Radical Islam, and the Rise of the Green Threat
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
In this important new book, Douglas Little explores the political and cultural turmoil that led U.S. policy makers to shift their attention from containing the ""Red Threat"" of international communism to combatting the ""Green Threat"" of radical Islam after 1989. Little analyzes America's confrontation with Islamic extremism through the traditional ideological framework of ""us versus them"" that has historically pitted the United States against Native Americans, Mexicans, Asian immigrants, Nazis, and the Soviets.
The collapse of the Soviet Union seemed to signal that the doctrine of containment had served U.S. interests in the Middle East well, preserving Western access ... Read more
In this important new book, Douglas Little explores the political and cultural turmoil that led U.S. policy makers to shift their attention from containing the ""Red Threat"" of international communism to combatting the ""Green Threat"" of radical Islam after 1989. Little analyzes America's confrontation with Islamic extremism through the traditional ideological framework of ""us versus them"" that has historically pitted the United States against Native Americans, Mexicans, Asian immigrants, Nazis, and the Soviets.
The collapse of the Soviet Union seemed to signal that the doctrine of containment had served U.S. interests in the Middle East well, preserving Western access ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469626802
SKU
V9781469626802
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About Douglas Little
Douglas Little is the Robert and Virginia Scotland Professor of History and International Relations at Clark University, USA.
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