Unholy Wars
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| Author | John K. Cooley |
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| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Genre | International terrorism |
| Publisher | Pluto Press |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 978-0745319179 |
| OCLC | 656249884 |
Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism is a book by John K. Cooley, a news correspondent. The book presents Cooley's account of United States policies and alliances from 1979 to 1989 in the Middle East, the flaws and the lacunae inherent in US handling of the affairs, and their contribution into the emergence of a form of terrorism which continues to affect several regions of the World.
Cooley has spent decades in the Middle East and the book is the result of his studies of the subject matter, and his interaction with a number of administrators, diplomats, politicians and the common people.[1]
According to historian Odd Arne Westad the book is unreliable. Based on information by Soviet defector Vasili Mitrokhin, parts of the book “obviously originate in Soviet disinformation from the 1980s”.[2]
Chapters[]
Unholy Wars is divided into eleven chapters noted below:
- Carter and Brezhnev in the Valley of Decision
- Anwar al-Sadat
- Zia al-Haq
- Deng Xiaoping
- Recruiters, Trainers, Trainees and Assorted Spooks
- Donors, Bankers and Profiteers
- Poppy Fields, Killing Fields and Drug lords
- Russia: Bitter Aftertaste and Reluctant Return
- The Contagion Spreads: Egypt and the Maghreb
- The Contagion Spreads: The Assault on America
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Graham E. Fuller (2000-01-09) Our Own Islamic Radicals. New York Times
- ^ Westad, Odd Arne (2004). "Reagan's Anti-Revolutionary Offensive in the Third World". In Njølstad, Olav (ed.). The Last Decade of the Cold War. From Conflict Escalation to Conflict Transformation. London: Frank Cass. p. 261. ISBN 0-7146-8539-9.
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