Apocalyptic Realm

Hiro, Dilip:
Apocalyptic Realm : Jihadists in South Asia / Dilip Hiro. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012. - 355 S. : Kt.
ISBN 978-0-300-17378-9
US$ 30,00
Indische Ausgabe unter dem Titel: Jihad on two fronts : South Asia's unfolding drama / Dilip Hiro. - New Delhi : HarperCollins Publishers India, 2011. - xxviii, 443 S. : Kt. - ISBN 9789350291696 (HarperCollins India)
DDC: 320.5570954

Beschreibung
This hard-hitting and timely book explores the roots of militant Islam in South Asia and how it has grown to become a source of profound global alarm. By meticulously tracking the rise of the jihadist movement from its initial violence in Afghanistan in 1980 to the present day, Dilip Hiro challenges conventional narratives of the roles of Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Soviet Union, the United States, and India. He warns that the Line of Control in Kashmir, where jihadists seek to incite war between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India, is today the most dangerous border in the world.
   Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of sources including newly released Kremlin archives and classified U.S. Embassy documents published by WikiLeaks, the author compiles the first complete and accurate history of Islamist terrorism in South Asia. He chronicles historic links between Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India and their varying degrees of destabilization at the hands of the jihadists. He also sheds unprecedented light on the close military and intelligence links that have developed between India and Israel. Finally, he outlines the ambitions of Pakistani, Afghan, and Al Qaeda jihadists to establish an "apocalyptic realm" covering South, Central, and Western Asia. Compact, comprehensive, and fast paced, this book lays bare the causes of today's escalating terrorist threat, sets the historical record straight, and offers fresh strategies for defeating jihadist extremism. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of Maps. vii
Preface. viii
Introduction. 1
1. The Sufi Connection. 10
2. Afghanistan and Pakistan. 27
3. The Afghan Trap. 52
4. The Rise and Rise of the Taliban. 71
5. Target Kashmir. 85
6. India, Israel, and America. 115
7. Liberating Indian Kashmir. 135
8. Zia ul Haq: The Islamist Dictator. 154
9. Indian Muslims amidst Hindu Revivalism. 170
10. Pakistan's Jihadists. 195
11. A Corrupt Regime, a Vengeful Taliban. 227
12. Afghanistan: A Second Vietnam. 257
13. Fighting Extremism. 281
14. Apocalyptic Futures. 294
Epilogue. 307
Notes. 320
Select Bibliography. 336
Index. 338

Autor
DILIP HIRO is the author of more than 30 books, including After Empire: The Birth of the Multipolar World and Inside Central Asia, listed by the Financial Times as one of the best history books of 2009. He lives in London. Wikipedia [en].

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