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Author Mendelsohn, Barak, 1971-

Title Combating jihadism : American hegemony and interstate cooperation in the War on Terrorism / Barak Mendelsohn.

Imprint Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.32517 M522c 2009    ---  Available
Description x, 293 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-275) and index.
Contents Interstate cooperation and transnational terrorism -- Spreading jihad: from local jihads to a global jihad -- Irreconcilable approaches: jihadism and the society of states -- Multilateral action and terrorism: general principles -- The suppression of terrorism financing -- Preventing non-state actors from obtaining WMD -- Border controls -- Military interventions and democracy promotion.
Summary Argues that the key element in responding to jihadist ideology is hegemony, a situation in which one powerful state generates cooperation among states and leads the fight against al-Qaeda.
Subject Jihad.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- International cooperation.
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
International relations.
Hegemony -- United States.
ISBN 9780226520117 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226520110 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. 3081051

 
    
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