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 |
| Published: |
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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Table of Contents:
- 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.