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Informationen zum Autor Richard Crockatt is Reader in American History at the University of East Anglia. His award-winning The Fifty Years War: The United States and the Soviet Union in World Politics, 1941-1991 is also published by Routledge. Klappentext Drawing on a wide range of contemporary and historical sources Richard Crockatt has written a balanced, subtle and highly readable book which provides genuine insight into American foreign policy, anti-Americanism and Islamic fundamentalism. It will be important reading for all those seeking to understand the background to the 'war on terror'. Zusammenfassung Drawing on a wide range of contemporary and historical sources Richard Crockatt has written a balanced, subtle and highly readable book which provides genuine insight into American foreign policy, anti-Americanism and Islamic fundamentalism. It will be important reading for all those seeking to understand the background to the 'war on terror'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction September 11, 2001; Chapter 1 How America sees the world; Chapter 2 How the world sees America; Chapter 3 The roots of terror; Chapter 4 The limits of governance; Chapter 5 Responding to terror; Conclusion;