The Talibanization of Southeast Asia
Subtitle: Losing the War on Terror to Islamist Extremists
Publisher: Praeger Security International General Interest-Cloth; Praeger Security International
Published: October 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780275999957
Subjects: Islamic studies; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; Islam; Political Terrorism; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; South East Asia; Ethnic Studies - General; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Political Science / General; Islam - General; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; Political violence; Religious aspects; Southeast Asia; Terrorism
Description: " Long before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, awakened the United States and the Western world to the heightened level of the terrorist threat, Southeast Asia had been dealing with this threat. The bombing in Bali that killed 202 people, many of them Australian tourists, was by no means the region's first experience with Islamic extremism, which can be traced back to the 1940s, and the Darul Islam struggle..." - - Book jacket.