The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam

by Akbar Ahmed

Book Overview

In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the United States declared war on terrorism. More than ten years later, the results are decidedly mixed. Here world-renowned author, diplomat, and scholar Akbar Ahmed reveals an important yet largely ignored result of this war: in many nations it has exacerbated the already broken relationship between central governments and the largely rural Muslim tribal societies on the peripheries of both Muslim and non-Muslim...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815723784
• ISBN13: 9780815723783
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"