Us versus them
Subtitle: the United States, radical Islam, and the rise of the green threat
By: Douglas Little
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781469626802
Subjects: Cold War; Islamophobia; Relations
Other titles: Us vs them
Description: Analyzes the reasons that the United States shifted its attention after 1989 from the containment of communism to a policy of combatting radical Islam, exploring the political and economic tensions that created a foreign policy fueled by Islamophobia. --Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: Us versus them : America and Islam in the age of terror; title: Genesis : containment and Cold War in the Muslim world; title: George H.W. Bush and the end of the Cold War : "beyond containment" in the Middle East; title: Bill Clinton and the Middle East : from "enlargement" to "dual containment"; title: Containment on steroids? : George W. Bush and rogue state rollback; title: The Obama doctrine : "contagement" and counterterrorism in the Muslim world; title: Revelations : Islamophobia, the green threat, and a new cold war in the Middle East?