Islamic resistance to imperialism
By: Eric Walberg
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780986073182
Subjects: Politics and government; Islam and politics; Resistance to Government; Geopolitics; Relations; Radicals; Anti-imperialist movements; Jihad; Biography
Description: "Eric Walberg's third book on geopolitical strategy focuses on the Middle East and the global ramifications of multiple state destruction resulting from [what he view as] Western aggression"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: The logic of resistance; title: Towards a theory of political Islam. Political spirituality and jihad ; Sunni failure in Egypt ; Shia success in Iran ; Uniting the Ummah; title: The expanding parameters of political Islam. From Salafi to Kharijite ; Azzam : violence against invaders ; Bin Laden : violence in the imperial center ; Zawahiri : violence against client regimes ; Many al-Qaedas : the legacy ; Terrorism : 9/11 and after ; Perils of cooperation ; Perils of implementation ; Return of the Caliphate ; The Ummah in the 21st century.