America's jihad: a history of origins

The writer examines the role of the U.S. in nurturing the same Islamic military networks that are now the number one enemy worldwide, in an effort to understand America's war on terrorism. He contends that the American policy toward Islamic extremists, jihadists, was highly contradictory—the U....

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Main Author: Parenti, Christian 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2001
In: Social justice
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 31-38
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:The writer examines the role of the U.S. in nurturing the same Islamic military networks that are now the number one enemy worldwide, in an effort to understand America's war on terrorism. He contends that the American policy toward Islamic extremists, jihadists, was highly contradictory—the U.S. did not take the extremists' threats seriously because it found much of their activity useful.