عنوان

Allah, ambivalence, and death from above: A perpetual cycle of violence in Pakistan and Iraq

Number

TL49186

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Allah, ambivalence, and death from above: A perpetual cycle of violence in Pakistan and Iraq

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

M. Lyla Kohistany

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Havrilak, Gregory

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Georgetown University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

107

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-42920-6

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.L.S.

Discipline of degree

Liberal Studies

Body granting the degree

Georgetown University

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

The War on Terror has become inextricability linked with Islam. The Bush and Obama administrations have fought a mostly military-centric campaign against radical Islamist groups across the world that the U.S. State Department labels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. However, according to Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer in his award-winning book, Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, religion alone does not ordinarily lead to violence. When religion becomes fused with political, social, and ideological circumstances, violence can manifest due to social aspirations, personal pride, and movements for political change. Therefore, the War on Terror is highly complex with multiple, intersecting variables contributing to the increased intractability over time. These violent groups are best labeled as politically motivated insurgencies using terrorist tactics. Terrorism is used to elicit a psychological response and destabilize a population, while an insurgency is the organized use of subversion and violence to seize, nullify, or challenge political control of a region. The U.S. continues to label these groups as terrorist organizations, leading to an overdependence on the use of airstrikes to confront these violent groups. Remotely operated (drones) and manned (bombers) weapon systems have come to drive policy against religiously motivated terrorist organizations as the U.S. population and the Obama administration become increasingly reticent to deploy combat troops. However, without the security of combat troops, there is a minimal and ineffective presence of the other organs of the U.S. government to address the political, social, and ideological underpinnings that fuel these violent groups.

Islamic Studies; International Relations; Military studies

Subject Term

Social sciences;Drones;Iraq;Islam;Islamic State;Pakistan;Taliban;Terrorism

Wang, Yongxiang

Havrilak, Gregory

Subdivision

Liberal Studies

Georgetown University

Call Number

1864681071; 10243312

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[Thesis]

276903

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