Introduction : political violence and the claims of reason -- September 11, 2001 and the greater west Asian crisis -- Fundamentalism and political power -- Violence and communal conflict : terrorism "from above" and "from below" -- Anti-Muslimism : a short history -- Confusing the issue : "Islamaphobia" reconsidered -- Oslo 1993 : a possible piece -- A decade after invasion : the unease of Kuwait -- Iran : the Islamic republic at the crossroads -- Saudi Arabia : a family business in trouble -- The other stereotype : America and its critics -- Global inequality and global rancour -- "Islam" and the "West" : cultural conflict and international relations -- Conclusion : causes and consequences
Summary
As the dust settled around the devastation of the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001, a host of questions emerged surrounding the attacks, the motives behind them and their future implications. In Two Hours that Shook the World Fred Halliday expands on the many socio-cultural, religious and political problems that have plagued the Middle East and Central Asia in the last half-century. Much has been written about?global terrorism' and the need to eliminate it but also about the divide between East and West, the?clash of civilisations'. Halliday dispels the idea tha
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-247) and index
