The thistle and the drone :
Ahmed, Akbar S.,
The thistle and the drone : how America's War on Terror became a global war on tribal Islam / Akbar Ahmed. - xi, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
The thistle and the drone -- Waziristan: "The most dangerous place in the world" -- Bin Laden's dilemma: balancing tribal and Islamic identity -- Musharraf's dilemma: balancing center and periphery -- Obama's dilemma: balancing security and human rights -- How to win the War on Terror: stopping a thousand genocides now.
9780815723783 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Afghan War, 2001-
Tribes--Islamic countries.
Islamic sociology.
909.831 / AKB
The thistle and the drone : how America's War on Terror became a global war on tribal Islam / Akbar Ahmed. - xi, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
The thistle and the drone -- Waziristan: "The most dangerous place in the world" -- Bin Laden's dilemma: balancing tribal and Islamic identity -- Musharraf's dilemma: balancing center and periphery -- Obama's dilemma: balancing security and human rights -- How to win the War on Terror: stopping a thousand genocides now.
9780815723783 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Afghan War, 2001-
Tribes--Islamic countries.
Islamic sociology.
909.831 / AKB