Fear and faith in paradise : exploring conflict and religion in the Middle East / / Phil Karber
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| Autore: |
Karber Phil <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Fear and faith in paradise : exploring conflict and religion in the Middle East / / Phil Karber
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 956.05/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Fear - Middle East - Religious aspects |
| Violence - Middle East - Religious aspects | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Middle East Description and travel |
| United States Foreign relations Middle East | |
| Middle East Foreign relations United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Wars of choice -- pt. 2. A theocracy -- pt. 3. Shadow and light : an Arab spring. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From life along the Tigris River in the 1970s to the ongoing Arab Spring uprisings, Phil Karber has witnessed decades of change throughout the Middle East. Fear and Faith in Paradise draws on his wealth of experience to sketch a timely and compelling portrait of the region throughout history. Seamlessly moving between past and present, Karber skillfully develops two overarching themes: How America's footprint can be shifted from a military to a humanitarian emphasis and how fear is used as a cudgel by today's monotheistic |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Fear and faith in paradise |
| ISBN: | 979-82-16-34411-7 |
| 1-280-84817-0 | |
| 9786613711625 | |
| 1-4422-1479-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910959936203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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