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Eqbal Ahmad - Critical Outsider in a Turbulent Age (Hardcover)
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Eqbal Ahmad - Critical Outsider in a Turbulent Age (Hardcover)
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Eqbal Ahmad (1930?-1999) was a bold and original activist,
journalist, and theorist who brought uncommon perspective to the
rise of militant Islam, the conflict in Kashmir, the involvement of
the United States in Vietnam, and the geopolitics of the Cold War.
A long-time friend and intellectual collaborator of Ahmad, Stuart
Schaar presents in this book previously unseen materials by and
about his colleague, having traveled through the United States,
India, Pakistan, western Europe, and North Africa to connect
Ahmad's experiences to the major currents of modern history. Ahmad
was the first to recognize that former ally Osama bin Laden would
turn against the United States. He anticipated the rapidly shifting
loyalties of terrorists and understood that overthrowing Saddam
Hussein would provoke violence and sectarian strife in Iraq. Ahmad
had great compassion for the victims of the proxy wars waged by the
leading Cold War powers, and he frequently championed unpopular
causes, such as the need to extend the rights of Palestinians and
protect Bosnians and Kosovars in a disintegrating Yugoslavia.
Toward the end of his life, Ahmad worked tirelessly to broker a
peace between India and Pakistan and to prevent the spread of
nuclear weapons throughout the subcontinent. As novel and necessary
as ever, Ahmad's remarkable vision is here preserved and extended
to reveal the extent to which he was involved in the political and
historical conflicts of his time.
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