The West at war
By: edited by Bradley C.S. Watson.
Contributors: Watson, Bradley C. S., 1961-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780739116111; 9780739116128
Subjects: Civilization, Western; East and West; Islam -- 21st century; Islam -- 20th century; Islamic fundamentalism -- Political aspects; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Iraq War, 2003-; War (Philosophy) -- History; Violence -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Just war doctrine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Islam and the West; title: A failure of imagination : thinking about culture, tradition, and society after 9/11 / Akbar Ahmed; title: Understanding radical Islam / Paul Marshall; title: Understanding jihadist terrorism after 9/11 / Barry Cooper; title: Western identities versus Islamist terrorism : liberals and Christians in the new war / James Kurth; title: The liberal regime under attack / Leon Harold Craig; title: The rise of toleration in the West and its implications for the war on terror / Kenneth R. Weinstein; title: Part II : ethics and terror; title: The Christian just-war tradition : neither Niebuhr nor Yoder / David D. Corey; title: Ethics and terror : a moral vocabulary for statesmen / Bradley C.S. Watson; title: What doth it profit a man? : preserving liberty and the rule of law in the "War on Terror" / Alberto R. Coll; title: Part III: The western way of warfare; title: The war on terrorism and the western way of war / David Tucker; title: Media bias in Iraq : the battle for the hearts and minds of Americans / Robert Alt.