The matador's cape: America's reckless response to terror

Introduction -- Did religious extremism cause 9/11? -- Why military superiority breeds illusions -- How the war was lost -- Radicals trapped in the past -- A self-inflicted wound -- Searching for a new enemy after the Cold War -- Humanitarianism with teeth -- The war of the liberals -- The neo-conse...

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1. VerfasserIn: Holmes, Stephen (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge New York, NY [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2007
In:Jahr: 2007
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction -- Did religious extremism cause 9/11? -- Why military superiority breeds illusions -- How the war was lost -- Radicals trapped in the past -- A self-inflicted wound -- Searching for a new enemy after the Cold War -- Humanitarianism with teeth -- The war of the liberals -- The neo-conservative intifada -- Liberalism strangled by war -- The unilateralist curse -- Battling lawlessness with lawlessness -- The infallibility trap -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-356) and index
Beschreibung:X, 367 S. 25 cm
ISBN:0521875161
9780521875165