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Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New "War on Terrorism" (Open Media Series) Paperback – March 5, 2002

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Lebanese scholar As'ad AbuKhalil examines the roots of the September 11 crisis, the causes for antipathy toward the United States, and the historical relations between the U.S. and the Islamic world. AbuKhalil also reviews the background of U.S. entanglement with the Middle East, and how it catalyzed militant fundamentalist networks that came to perceive the United States as an enemy. Beginning with an introduction on the legacy of Western misconceptions about Islam and Arabs, the book focuses on Islamic fundamentalism and U.S. foreign policy, and the way both polarize the world into a "good and evil" "with us or against us" view. Drawing heavily from Arabic language sources, AbuKhalil discusses the rise of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, the Saudi connection, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the regional implications of the American "War On Terrorism."
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    March 5, 2002
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    5.03 x 0.28 x 6.99 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1583224920
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AS’AD ABUKHALIL was born in Tyre, Lebanon. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from the American University of Beirut, and his Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from Georgetown University. AbuKhalil has taught at Georgetown, George Washington University, Tufts University, Colorado College, and Randolph-Macon Woman's College. His articles on Middle East politics and society have appeared in English, German, Spanish, and Arabic. He is professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus, and a visiting professor at UC, Berkeley.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seven Stories Press; First Edition (March 5, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1583224920
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1583224922
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.03 x 0.28 x 6.99 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great perspective rarely heard in the U.S.
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2011
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I loved this book, it was a breath of fresh air for me. It's a progressive Arab perspective on The War of Terror,Israel/Palestine, Islamic extremism, the U.S., etc. The author does have a blog called The Angry Arab Blog or something like that, lol. When you read this book you'll realize there's good reason for him to be angry and why many in the Arab world and world in general are angry, including myself. This is a great book for progressives and ppl who want to know a good Arab perspective on these issues. It's very easy to read and less than a hundred pages. I highly recommend it. This is MY opinion and I'm allowed to have it, if you don't agree with me that's fine. He has another book in the same series where he takes on the Saudi regime.
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C. Bedford Crenshaw
4.0 out of 5 stars Not balanced, but useful
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2003
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While I would never call this a balanced book, it does have its virtues. First, given how we in America tend to only hear the Israeli side, there should be some voice to the Arabic side. The book is excellently divided in chapter topics, and is a easy read.
Scholars may have little use for the book, but for the lay person and college student, this is a good book. But, due to the shock to the system that an American will feel by reading this book, I recommend reading Paul Findley's THEY DARE TO SPEAK OUT first.
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alisiena
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2013
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Definitely worth reading if you're looking for an objective and complete review of this topic.

You won't find this information in the mainstream media or even Universities and Institutes.
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Rich
2.0 out of 5 stars One-sided
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2015
Very one sided. But, easy to read. The author initially attempts to offer both sides of the "story." But, quickly changes his tone. There really is no "middle ground" here. Try and read this with an open mind. Some of the comments/ opinions in this book are pretty far fetched.
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Rouba El-Ali
5.0 out of 5 stars A good quick read book
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2008
This book is factual and straight to the point... the author could have easily padded the book and made it 300 pages with endless analysis and unnecessary references and proofs etc... (like most other authors do), but instead he just gave the point of view of a real arab who knows what is going on, have experienced it and knows all the history behind it... after all who are you expecting to give you the real picture of what is really going on in the middle east? the students of middle eastern affairs in the united states and france? I am confused with some of the reviews below, some were longer than the book itself...
p.s. my comment excludes my opinion about the writing style which I did not care for much...
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Anthony Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2004
This book is a good introduction to the current political situation and the so-called "War on Terror". Most people don't have a clue what is going on and if you are one of them, I recommend reading this book. It is a quick read and you might just learn something. AbuKhalil's next book is about Saudi Arabia and should be very informative.
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Sargon Diwani
1.0 out of 5 stars Even Arabs would find this book offensive
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2003
The writer throws in an issue or a comment, such as Bernard Lewis receiving a chairship on NBC, and then goes on with allegations and personal opinions with no factual basis. He is totally unfair in his writing. The book is laden with the writers own opinions, makes too many conclusory statements, which, in academia, is often regarded as unprofessional. I would recommend that people look elswhere for fresh and intelligent perspectives on the war on terrorism.
look at Fareed Zakaria, Edward Said, and Alexander Cockburn.
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The Orange Duke
2.0 out of 5 stars Slight And Flawed
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2002
Ahh, educators! Why is it that intellectuals so often mistake common sense for the Wisdom of Solomon? Perhaps it's because common sense is such a rare commodity amongst the intellectual elite. Muslims are people too? ATOUNDING! To tell the truth, there ain't much to this vapid little quickie, just a lot of anti-American venom, a few interesting tid bits about the middle east, a lot of common sense disguised as wisdom and about a half ton of hypocrisy. I suppose that it's possible that AbuKahalil legitimately mistakes the racist, imperialist propaganda of our unelected President as the true expression of the will of every patriotic American. Given that every media toady in the US seems to go out of his way to swear fealty to George II, it is an understandable error, but one expects a little more sophistication from an academic. Part of AbuKahalil's hypocrisy comes from his complaints that so-called middle eastern experts do not understand the middle east, but he feels perfectly capable of demonstrating his ignorance of his own country in the same fashion. He further complains that unelected leaders in the middle east are wrongly viewed as representing their people even as he wrongly assumes his own unelected leader represents the USA. He is correct when he suggests that like middle easterners Americans suffer from the presence of religious extremists, but he seems completely unaware of the difference in the magnitude of the problem. He is totally off base when he suggests that there is a double standard for terrorists in the USA. Someone should inform him that the IRA has not flown any planes into the world trade center. It is hardly surprising that we are more concerned about terrorists targeting the US than those who are not. He further suggests that home grown terrorists like Tim McVie are not considered terrorists, this is simply a bare faced lie. Evidently AbuKhalil doesn't get out much, but right wing terrorists have been routinely identified as terrorists for as long as I can remember. I was also amused by his suggestion that his book might be offensive because of its angry tone, I found the prose to be dry, but bloodless academics are often unfamiliar with polemic prose. If you are seeking an understanding of 9-11 and it's meaning, look elsewhere, try Chomsky or Vidal, this book was a big disappointment.
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