The Muslim World After 9/11 [Hardcover]

Angel M. Rabasa (Author), Rollie Lal (Author), Cheryl Benard (Author), Peter Chalk (Author), Theodore Karasik (Author), C. Christine Fair (Author), David Thaler (Author), Ian Lesser (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0833037129 | ISBN-13: 978-0833037121 | Publication Date: December 15, 2004 | Edition: 1

Examines the major dynamics that drive changes in the religio-political landscape of the Muslim world, the effects of 9/11, the global war on terrorism, and the war in Iraq, and their implications for global security and U.S. and Western interests.

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RAND has produced an excellent overview and digest of most Islamic movements with special attention to extremist ones... An extremely useful handbook for scholars, journalists, and government officials... The studies are good mix of historical and current factors. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
M. G. Roskin


The strengths of this work are its comprehensiveness, its accuracy, its relevance to existing policy concerns, and its organization of a welter of data (with well-conceived charts bringing needed clarity to complexities such as the diverse Muslim groups in Indonesia).
Foreign Affairs, April 2005
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Examines the major dynamics that drive changes in the religio-political landscape of the Muslim world, the effects of 9/11, the global war on terrorism, and the war in Iraq, and their implications for global security and U.S. and Western interests. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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• Hardcover: 546 pages
• Publisher: Rand Publishing; 1 edition (December 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0833037129
• ISBN-13: 978-0833037121
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
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• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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C. Christine Fair, in August, will become an assistant professor in the Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), within Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Previously, she has served as a senior political scientist with the RAND Corporation, a political officer to the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul and as a senior research associate in USIP's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. Her research focuses upon political and military affairs in South Asia. She has authored, co-authored and co-edited several books including Treading Softly on Sacred Ground: Counterinsurgency Operations on Sacred Space (OUP, 2008); The Madrassah Challenge: Militancy and Religious Education in Pakistan (USIP, 2008), Fortifying Pakistan: The Role of U.S. Internal Security Assistance (USIP, 2006); among others and has written numerous peer-reviewed articles covering a range of security issues in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. She is a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations and is the Managing Editor of India Review.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Muslim World 2002-2003, January 5, 2011

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"The Muslim World After 9/11" by Rand Corp., ed.: Angel Rabasa; there are 8 main co-authors for 10 major chapters, (2004), 525 pages. A book "prepared for the U.S. Air Force" from a research grant. The thrust of this book overall is to provide political interpretation of terrorists' thoughts and their popular support in various Muslim countries since Sept. 11, 2001 (thru 2003). Of course, there is some limited background history of the Islamic influence regarding these countries. Hopefully here on Amazon the `look inside book' view button works. Otherwise the chapter highlights are: `Overview' of Islam (the Shia-Shiite divide, Islamic law, sources of Islamic Radicalism) by Angel Rabasa; (1) The Middle East (factors influencing the rise of radical Islamism: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc.) by David Thaler; (2) The Maghreb (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco) by Rollie Lal; (3) Turkey by Ian Lesser; (4) Iran by Christine Fair; (5) Pakistan by Christine Fair; (6) `Islam in India' by Rollie Lal; (7) `Central Asia' by Cheryl Benard; `Southeast Asia' (Indonesia, Malaysia Thailand, Iraq) by Angel Rabasa; (9) Nigeria by Peter Chalk; & (10) `Muslim Diasporas and Networks' by Theodore Karasik and Cheryl Benard. Regarding the chapter on Turkey, the author suggested an "Implication for U.S. Policy" as: "Treat the Erdogan government as a normal, secular actor"; well, perhaps with hindsight in 2010, it appears that the Erdogan government isn't really all that much of a `normal, secular actor' - more and more of Erdogan's pro-Islamist background appears to be emerging from his past political Islamist life that he tried to hide from many. Lots of policy `analysis/ recommendations'; hey, it's a Rand Corp. publication. The co-authors frequently used terms of `Islamic Terrorism'... `Islamization Program' ... `Muslim roots' ... `radical Islam' ... `Wahhabi ideology' - before such language became `politically incorrect' in 2009. The `third goal of this study is to examine the sources of Islamic radicalism' (p. xviii). Very little discussion about the origins of Islam itself, a reader really needs to know more historical background of Islam before studying this book (I suggest: "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam" by Robert Spencer for a start). As lots of countries are discussed, there really isn't a whole lot of specific information about any one country - more of just the `highlights' of radical Islamist groups therein. More of a book on WHAT is happening rather than on WHY the Islamist groups are so anti-democratic, so anti-West, and so anti-secular.