America & Islam soundbites, suicide bombs, and the road to Donald Trump /
"Donald Trump's first term as the 45th President of the United States of America has shocked the world. His attitudes towards Islam became a key point of contention on the campaign trail, and in power Trump has continued his war of divisive words and deeds. Here, acclaimed journalist Lawre...
| Main Author: | Pintak, Larry, |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, UK ; New York, NY :
I.B. Tauris,
2019.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 323 pages) |
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| Summary: |
"Donald Trump's first term as the 45th President of the United States of America has shocked the world. His attitudes towards Islam became a key point of contention on the campaign trail, and in power Trump has continued his war of divisive words and deeds. Here, acclaimed journalist Lawrence Pintak scrutinizes America's relationship with Islam since its foundation. Casting Donald Trump as a symptom of decades of misunderstanding and demonization of the Islamic world, as well as a cause of future tensions, Pintak shows how and why America's relationship with the world's largest religion has been so fractious, damaging and self-defeating. Featuring unique interviews with victims and perpetrators of Trump's policies, as well as analysis of the media's role in inflaming debate, America & Islam seeks to provide a complete guide to the twin challenges of terrorism and the polarizing rhetoric that fuels it, and sketches out a future based on co-operation and the reassertion of democratic values--"Bloomsbury Publishing. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of ContentsReviews ixAbout the Author xiAuthor's Note xiiiIntroduction 1Section I: Politics -- The Muslim Bogeyman 9Chapter 1: Media Codependence 11Chapter 2: Prisoners of The Long War 31Chapter 3: The American Taliban 47Chapter 4: Cogitative Dissonance 53Chapter 5: The Morning After 59Section II: (Mis)Perceptions -- Separating Fact from Fiction 71Chapter 6: Not All Islamists Want Your Head 73Chapter 7: The Myth of the Muslim Monolith 81Chapter 8: How the West Created Radical Islam 101Chapter 9: The Islamic States of America 123Section III: Policies -- Seeing Black & White in a Sea of Gray 141Chapter 10: Brotherhood of the Orb 143Chapter 11: The Wahhabi Project 153Chapter 12: Tempest in the Gulf 165Chapter 13: Between Iran and a Hard Place 173Chapter 14: Return of the Ottomans 183Section IV: Prospects -- Islam Beyond Trump 189Chapter 15: The Prince 191Chapter 16: The Americanization of Islam 199Chapter 17: Voices of Reason 211Chapter 18: Islam UnTrumped 219Postscript 231Notes 235Bibliography 277Index 313. "Donald Trump's first term as the 45th President of the United States of America has shocked the world. His attitudes towards Islam became a key point of contention on the campaign trail, and in power Trump has continued his war of divisive words and deeds. Here, acclaimed journalist Lawrence Pintak scrutinizes America's relationship with Islam since its foundation. Casting Donald Trump as a symptom of decades of misunderstanding and demonization of the Islamic world, as well as a cause of future tensions, Pintak shows how and why America's relationship with the world's largest religion has been so fractious, damaging and self-defeating. Featuring unique interviews with victims and perpetrators of Trump's policies, as well as analysis of the media's role in inflaming debate, America & Islam seeks to provide a complete guide to the twin challenges of terrorism and the polarizing rhetoric that fuels it, and sketches out a future based on co-operation and the reassertion of democratic values--"Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 323 pages) |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781788315586 1788315588 9781788315593 1788315596 |