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This accessible and deeply informed book examines the threat that
Islamic extremists pose to America and provides a balanced
discussion of the link between Iraq and the war on terror.
Explaining the basics of Islam and guiding the reader through the
intricacies of each significant fundamentalist group, the Palmers
answer key questions: Who are the Muslim extremists and how do they
fit within the broader context of the Islamic religion? What is
their war plan and how do they operate? Who are their allies and
what are their weaknesses? What is the experience of Israel, the
Islamic world, and the United States in fighting extremists? How
can they be defeated? Now in a thoroughly revised and updated
edition, the book includes new chapters on Hamas, the Iraqi clones
of Hizbullah-including Sadr-and the Islamic government in Turkey.
This accessible and deeply informed book examines the threat that
Islamic extremists pose to America and provides a balanced
discussion of the link between Iraq and the war on terror.
Explaining the basics of Islam and guiding the reader through the
intricacies of each significant fundamentalist group, the Palmers
answer key questions: Who are the Muslim extremists and how do they
fit within the broader context of the Islamic religion? What is
their war plan and how do they operate? Who are their allies and
what are their weaknesses? What is the experience of Israel, the
Islamic world, and the United States in fighting extremists? How
can they be defeated? Now in a thoroughly revised and updated
edition, the book includes new chapters on Hamas, the Iraqi clones
of Hizbullah-including Sadr-and the Islamic government in Turkey.
At a time when survey research is increasingly being conducted in
the Arab world, there is also growing concern about the degree to
which research assumptions and methods developed in the West are
appropriate for use in the study of Arab society. This book
assesses the application and limits of survey research performed in
the Arab world, reviews the surveys currently being used to study
public attitudes and behavior patterns, and discusses
epistemological, methodological, and ethical issues associated with
these studies. Readers are alerted to normative and empirical
considerations bearing on the quality of survey research and given
practical suggestions for innovation in the design and execution of
survey research and in the analysis of survey data. The book raises
intellectual issues of concern to all who seek to better understand
Arab society and provides extensive information about attitudes and
behavior in the Arab world.
Every time that the US gets involved in the Middle East, or so it
seems, things turn sour. With this thought in mind, the objective
of this book is to help Americans and Europeans better understand
how the Arabs view the world and why they behave the way that they
do, their Arab psyche if you like. Along the way, the book provides
those who are about to embark upon an adventure in the Arab world
with a sketch of pleasures and pitfalls that await them. There are
plenty of both. The search for the Arab psyche traces its evolution
through the eras of tribalism, Islam, colonialism, flawed
independence, resurgent Islam, global terror, and popular
revolution. Each stage has left an indelible mark on the Arab
psyche while adding new complexities to the way the Arabs attempt
to cope with their ever changing world. American frustrations in
dealing with the Arabs have increased apace. The book is written in
a conversational tone and requires no prior knowledge of the Middle
East. Monte Palmer is a political psychologist who has spent most
of a long career studying Arab society and behavior. He is
Professor Emeritus at Florida State University and a former
Director of the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies at the
American University of Beirut. His recent books include THE
POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST, ISLAMIC EXTREMISM (with Princess
Palmer, ) and EGYPT AND THE GAME OF TERROR (a novel.)
Come with Scott Parker, America's leading expert on the Arab
Psyche, as he leads you through the murky world of Islamic
extremism in his search for the soul of Egypt. Along the way, he is
forced to serve as an intermediary between the American Embassy in
Cairo and the Muslim Brotherhood, the world's largest Islamic
fundamentalist group. To the dismay of both, he uses this unwelcome
role to pursue his own ideas for fighting terror and extremism with
curious and unpredictable results. If Scott glories in the Egyptian
environment, his wife, Constance, does not. She finds Egypt
abhorrent, the Embassy parties boring, and her husband remote.
Lonely and longing for the simple purity of her rural Nebraska
childhood, she throws herself into Christian feminism with the help
of Gloria Goldensickle, an Israeli psychoanalyst who dreams of
peace through love. Scott's journey provides the reader with an
insider's view of Islamic extremism, Arab security services, and
American embassies abroad. Readers should also find the clash of
American and Middle Eastern customs to be amusing if not
frightening.
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