The matador's cape : America's reckless response to terror /

Main Author: Holmes, Stephen, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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245 1 4 |a The matador's cape :  |b America's reckless response to terror /  |c Stephen Holmes. 
260 1 4 |a Cambridge :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2007. 
300 1 4 |a x, 367 p. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-356) and index. 
505 1 4 |a Introduction -- Did religious extremism cause 9/11? -- Why military superiority breeds illusions -- How the war was lost -- Radicals trapped in the past -- A self-inflicted wound -- Searching for a new enemy after the Cold War -- Humanitarianism with teeth -- The war of the liberals -- The neo-conservative intifada -- Liberalism strangled by war -- The unilateralist curse -- Battling lawlessness with lawlessness -- The infallibility trap -- Conclusion. 
650 1 4 |a War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 
650 1 4 |a Terrorism  |x Government policy  |z United States 
650 1 4 |a Terrorism  |x Religious aspects  |x Islam 
650 1 4 |a Anti-Americanism 
650 1 4 |a September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001  |x Influence 
651 1 4 |a United States  |x Politics and government  |y 2001-2009 
651 1 4 |a United States  |x Foreign relations  |y 2001-2009 
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