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American Raj: Liberation or Domination?: Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World | 
 enlarge | Author: Eric Margolis
Publisher: Key Porter Books
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 1554700876
Dewey Decimal Number: 956
EAN: 9781554700875
ASIN: 1554700876
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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In 1993 Samuel P. Huntington turned conventional political wisdom on its head by arguing in a provocative essay that the secularized West and the fundamentalist Islamic world were destined to clash—a clash of civilizations. At about the same time, veteran journalist and foreign policy expert Eric S. Margolis was arguing virtually the same point—but from a unique vantage point: inside and on the ground in the Muslim world itself. American Raj: Liberation or Domination? is the culmination of all those years of feet-on-the-ground reporting and analysis—many of them spent actually fighting alongside mujahedeen—as well as a lifetime of insight into the complex reality of the way the Muslim world really operates. It is a masterful synthesis of experience and insight that answers the most pressing questions we in the West confront: Why does the Muslim world distrust us? Is the idea of a secular Muslim world—especially one based on the western model—realistic? Has ideology blinded Western powers to both political and historical reality? Is accommodation between these two ideological adversaries possible? What can be done to prevent a clash of civilizations? American Raj: Liberation or Domination? takes the reader behind the conventional headlines and into the thinking and world view of anti-Western Islamic radicals throughout the Muslim world, and identifies the historical, political and religious factors that have played such a huge role in generating Islamic hostility towards the West. Employing the model of Britain’s imperialist hegemony in Asia, which culminated in the eighteenth-century Raj, Margolis explores in fascinating detail whether the West—and in particular the United States—risks a repetition of the Raj experience or whether we face an entirely new—and entirely unfamiliar—world order.
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"american raj" by eric margolis December 10, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
"American Raj" is an exciting journey through the history of colonialism, sectarianism, economic, social and military developments that have shaped the nature of the diverse nations of the Muslim world. Margolis has a grasp of the subject that is both profound and unique, which makes the book a milestone in the portrayal of the Muslim world's culture, complexities, and dynamism.
Equally the author gives a chilling account of the self serving opportunism, cynicism, and arrogance of many western powers in their dealings with the Muslim world, which creates further conflict, and a deep distrust of western institutions and intentions.
"American Raj" contains masterful narrative, analysis, and comment, as well as a road map of constructive action vital to improving the relations between the West and the Muslim world. A brilliant book on the subject of a significant 21st Century challange.
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