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Turning Point: The Arab World's Marginalization and International Security After 9/11
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Overview
Tschirgi's provocative thesis is that the attacks of 9/11 were not as unique an event as we commonly believe. Rather, they were understandable—though deplorable—human reactions to a combination of factors that fueled the Arab world's marginalization and led to a generalized feeling among the people of that region that the West (and particularly the United States) posed a mortal threat to their identity. Employing three case studies of marginalized violent conflict—Mexico's Zapatista conflict, Egypt's struggle against the Gama'a al-Islamiyya in Upper Egypt, and Nigeria's fight against the Ogoni people in the Niger Delta—Tschirgi demonstrates the dynamics through which traditional peoples have in modern times opted to wage hopeless struggle against objectively more powerful states. The parallels between the dynamics that informed each of these situations and those marking the international Muslim insurgency against the West are striking, as are the significant differences between the two phenomena. The parallels are found in the mechanics of marginalization and resistance. The differences lie, first, in the Muslim insurgency's identification of the West as a total enemy and the struggle with it as having a zero-sum nature and, second, in the modern terrorists' potential access to lethal means of mass destruction. Both the parallels and differences that mark the two phenomena help deepen a real understanding of the meaning of 9/11.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780275999568 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 08/30/2007 |
Series: | Praeger Security International |
Pages: | 248 |
Product dimensions: | 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: THE UNITED STATES AND 9/11
1. The Mystification of 9/11
2. Responding to 9/11: The Implications of Action and the Limits of Discourse
PART II: A TYPE OF ASYMMETRICAL CONFLICT
3. Mexico's Zapatista Rebellion
4. Upper Egypt and the Gama'a al-Islamiyya
5. The Niger Delta's Ogoni Uprising
PART III: THE QUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
6. The Arab World as a World Problem
7. Turbaning Point: Toward Global Security
Notes
Further Reading
Index
What People are Saying About This
"You don't have to agree with all the policy recommendationsI don'tto recognize that Tschirgi has provided an original and insightful comparative analysis of the global challenge of asymmetric warfare we face in the wake of 9/11. This bold and uncompromising assessment provides new insights, such as the startling link between the war in Iraq and the problem of Palestinian refugees, as well as a compelling general case for the logic of U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. At a time when dabblers and dilettantes all too often dominate, how fortunate to have this thoughtful work from an established scholar with decades of experience in the complex world he analyzes."
"Although 9/11 is widely recognized as a turning point in world history, the event has become shrouded in narratives of blame and contention. Professor Tschirgi's work restores the integrity of social scientific analysis by forsaking the intellectual blind spots that becloud rational discourse on the topic. Turning Point is a sophisticated work that will generate healthy debate about policy alternatives for other scholars to build on and policy makers to ponder. It is an important and welcome addition to the literature on 9/11."
"Dan Tschirgi's Turning Point provides an important new intellectual tool to contextualize the implications of 9/11 and move beyond. Applying his novel Marginalized Violent Internal Conflict Theory to three casesMexico's Zapatista conflict, Egypt's struggle against the Gamaa al-Islamiyya and Nigeria's fight against the Ogoni People in the Niger DeltaTschirgi uniquely elucidates the roots of today's Islamic insurgency against the West through the struggles other marginalized peoples have faced to preserve their own identities. The resulting insights inform an action plan that policy makers cannot ignore."