The Thistle and the Drone : (Record no. 30733)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789694025667 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 082 ## - Class No | |
| Classification number | 909.831 |
| Author Mark | AHM |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | Ahmed, Akbar |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Thistle and the Drone : |
| Remainder of title | how america's war on terror became a global war on tribal Islam |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | by Akbar Ahmed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Lahore & Washington DC |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Vanguard Books (Pvt) Ltd. & Brookings Institution Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| extent | 424 pages |
| other physical details | Hardcover |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | 'A groundbreaking and startling book ... It should be required reading for those working in the media, policy-making and education-and, indeed, for anybody who wishes to understand our tragically polarized world'-Karen Armstrong The United States declared war on terrorism in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. More than ten years later, the results are decidedly mixed. In The Thistle and the Drone, Akbar Ahmed reveals a tremendously important yet largely unrecognized adverse effect of these campaigns: they actually have exacerbated the already-broken relationship between central governments and the tribal societies on their periphery. Drawing on forty case studies, this groundbreaking analysis demonstrates that it is the conflict between the centre and the periphery and the involvement of the United States that has fuelled the war on terror. No one is immune to this violence - neither school children, nor congregations in their houses of worship. Battered by military or drone strikes one day and suicide bombers the next, people on the periphery say, 'Every day is like 9/11 for us.'<br/><br/>About the author (2013)<br/><br/>Akbar Ahmed is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, D.C. He was the former Pakistani high commissioner to the United Kingdom, the first Distinguished Chair of Middle East Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, and is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Among his previous books are Journey into Islam and Journey into America. He is also a published poet and playwright.<br/><br/>Note: This book is published simultaneously in Pakistan and USA by Vanguard Books (Pvt) Ltd. & Brookings Institution Press<br/> |
| 650 ## - Subject Headings | |
| Subject Headings | Tribes |
| -- | Islamic Sociology |
| -- | United States |
| -- | Pakistan |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Koha normalized classification for sorting | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 909_831000000000000_AHM | 900 History and Geography | Library Dept. of Political Science | Library Dept. of Political Science | History and Geography | 01/29/2024 | 1295.00 | 909.831 AHM | DPOS181 | 01/29/2024 | 01/29/2024 | Books | |||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 909_831000000000000_AHM | 900 History and Geography | Library Dept. of Political Science | Library Dept. of Political Science | History and Geography | 01/29/2024 | 1295.00 | 909.831 AHM | DPOS182 | 01/29/2024 | 01/29/2024 | Books | |||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 909_831000000000000_AHM | 900 History and Geography | Library Dept. of Political Science | Library Dept. of Political Science | History and Geography | 01/29/2024 | 1295.00 | 909.831 AHM | DPOS183 | 01/29/2024 | 01/29/2024 | Books |