"In the same light as slavery"; building a global antiterrorist consensus.1579060757 "In the same light as slavery"; building a global antiterrorist an·ti·ter·ror·ist adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism; counterterror: antiterrorist measures. an consensus. Ed. by Joseph McMillan Ernest Oliver Joseph McMillan (born 18 December 1953 in Montgomery, Alabama) is a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies. Before joining INSS he had extensive experience managing U.S. . Natl. Defense U. Press 2006 241 pages $21.00 Paperback HV6431 Is support of terrorism a rejection of Western culture or of certain politicians and policies? This collection of nine essays examines building a global antiterrorism an·ti·ter·ror·ist adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism; counterterror: antiterrorist measures. an consensus, especially as McMillan (national strategic studies, National Defense U.) points out in his introduction, the unclear understanding of the extent to which support for terrorism is the result of rejection of the West and its policies, or rather the result of the quality and type of local education, poverty, adversarial governance, or lack of democratic institutions. Contributors describe Arabic and Muslim public opinion, the hostility with which Muslims tend to perceive America, sources of information in the Muslim world The term Muslim world (or Islamic world) has several meanings. In a cultural sense it refers to the worldwide community of Muslims, adherents of Islam. This community numbers about 1.5-2 billion people, about one-fourth of the world. , perceptions of oppression and relative deprivation Relative deprivation is the experience of being deprived of something to which one thinks he is entitled to [Walker & Smith 2001]. It is a term used in social sciences to describe feelings or measures of economic, political, or social deprivation that are relative rather than , the role of education in the support of terrorists and radicalism, sacred values and the limits of rational choice, means of improving strategic communications between the US and Islamic nations, and implications of these studies for US strategies. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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