Assessing the War on Terror / / ed. by Etga Ugur, Mohammed Ayoob.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Ayoob, Mohammed,; Cole, David,; Coolsaet, Rik,; Fair, C. Christine,; Flibbert, Andrew,; Gerges, Fawaz A.,; Katz, Mark N.,; Lustick, Ian S.,; Semple, Michael,
• HerausgeberIn: Ayoob, Mohammed,; Ugur, Etga,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2013
• Godina izdanja: 2022
• Jezik: English
• Opis: 1 online resource (225 p.)

Was the US-led war on terror, especially the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, a necessary response to the September 11 terrorist attacks? What did the two invasions accomplish? How have the fortunes of al-Qaeda and like-minded organizations been affected? The authors of this important contribution...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Assessing the War on Terror
• 2 The War on Terror: Comparisons with the Cold War
• 3 Understanding Al-Qaeda: Disentangling Myth from Reality
• 4 Afghanistan: The First Theater of the War
• 5 Pakistan: Perfidious Ally in the War on Terror
• 6 The Arab World: Grappling with Multiple Consequences
• 7 Iran and Turkey: Pivotal Regional Powers
• 8 Europe: Reinforcing Existing Trends
• 9 The United States: Civil Society’s Defense of the Rule of Law
• 10 Trapped, or Not, in the Legacy of the War on Terror
• Acronyms
• Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book