Ahmed, Akbar S., <br/><br/>
The thistle and the drone :  how America's War on Terror became a global war on tribal Islam / 
Akbar Ahmed. 
 - xi, 424 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>The thistle and the drone -- Waziristan: "The most dangerous place in the world" -- Bin Laden's dilemma: balancing tribal and Islamic identity -- Musharraf's dilemma: balancing center and periphery -- Obama's dilemma: balancing security and human rights -- How to win the War on Terror: stopping a thousand genocides now. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780815723783 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Afghan War, 2001-<br/>Islamic sociology.<br/>Tribes--Islamic countries.<br/>War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909.831  / AKB