Palmer, Monte.

Islamic extremism : causes, diversity, and challenges / Monte Palmer and Princess Palmer. - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008. - x, 291 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

America's struggle against terror : who is the enemy? -- Islam, Muslim extremism, and anti-Americanism -- The Muslim brotherhood and the origin of the radical moderates -- Hamas : the ascendance of religious extremism in the Arab Israeli conflict -- Hizbullah : a tale of three countries -- Iraqi Hizbullah -- Turkey : a model for democratic Islamic rule? -- The jihadist movement and how it evolved -- The jihadist war plan -- The jihadist war machine -- The allies of the jihadists : those who make terror possible -- The Israeli struggle against terror and Islamic extremism : a guide for the United States -- How America's allies in the Islamic World fight terror -- America, Islamic extremism and jihadist terror.

9788175967717 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2007026060


War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Jihad.
Islam and politics.


United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

HV6432 / .P345 2008

973.931