03660oam 2200721I 450 991079119940332120230607230023.01-136-48563-50-415-28802-91-315-01568-41-136-48556-210.4324/9781315015682 (CKB)2550000001313236(EBL)1702023(SSID)ssj0001321619(PQKBManifestationID)11814356(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001321619(PQKBWorkID)11373063(PQKB)11509085(MiAaPQ)EBC1702023(Au-PeEL)EBL1702023(CaPaEBR)ebr10881664(CaONFJC)MIL616484(OCoLC)881416361(OCoLC)881183621(OCoLC)884590881(FINmELB)ELB137401(EXLCZ)99255000000131323620180331d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWar without end the rise of Islamist terrorism and global response /Dilip Hirorevision edition.London ;New York :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (556 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-28801-0 1-306-85233-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Prologue; Preface; Part I Islam; 1 The rise of Islam: Sunnis and Shias; 2 Orthodox Islam and Sufism; 3 Islam in modern times; Part II Islamic ideologies and fundamentalist states; 4 The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and its offshoots; 5 Saudi Arabia: the oldest fundamentalist state; 6 Afghanistan: fundamentalism victorious, with American backing; Part III slamist terrorism and global response; 7 Bombing of US embassies: a wake-up call; 8 Eighty minutes that shook the world and global response9 Ongoing war against terror: an uncharted territory10 Summary and conclusions; Epilogue; Notes; Abbreviations; Glossary of foreign terms; Appendix I: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1368; Appendix II: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373; Select bibliography; IndexThis book provides the historical and political context to explain acts of terror, including the September 11th, and the bombing of American Embassies in Nairobi and Dar as Salaam and the West's responses. Providing a brief history of Islam as a religion and as socio-political ideology, Dilip Hiro goes on to outline the Islamist movements that have thrived in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, and their changing relationship with America. It is within this framework that the rising menace of Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaida network is discussed.The Pentagon's amazingly swift victoIslamic fundamentalismMiddle EastHistory20th centuryIslam and politicsMiddle EastHistory20th centuryTerrorismMiddle EastHistory20th centuryTerrorismReligious aspectsIslamMiddle EastPolitics and government1945-Islamic fundamentalismHistoryIslam and politicsHistoryTerrorismHistoryTerrorismReligious aspectsIslam.956.04Hiro Dilip.298980MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791199403321War without end3758633UNINA