Good Muslim, bad Muslim
Subtitle: America, the Cold War, and the roots of terror
By: Mahmood Mamdani.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Cold War.; Islam and politics -- History -- 20th century.; Terrorism -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.; Drug traffic -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.; Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries.; Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Description: "Dispels the idea of 'good' (secular, westernized) and 'bad' (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer to political rather than cultural or religious identities ... Argues that political Islam emerged as the result of a modern encounter with Western power, and that the terrorist movement at the center of Islamist politics is an even more recent phenomenon, one that followed America's embrace of proxy war after its defeat in Vietnam"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.