A Sense of Siege: The Geopolitics of Islam and the West

by Graham E. Fuller and Ian O. Lesser

Book Overview

"The clash of civilizations" has become a common phrase in discussions of U.S.-Middle East relations. This book explores the nature of the friction between the Muslim world and Western states, looking at legitimate perceptions and grievances on both sides involving historical, political, economic, cultural, psychological, and strategic elements.Arguing that "Islam versus the West" does not represent the arena of the next global ideological struggle,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813321484
• ISBN13: 9780813321486
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Required Reading for the Politically Naive

This is an excellent treatise on both past as well as present state of affairs/relations between Islam and the West. The author should be commended for his forthrightness and bluntness in stating these differences, very close to the level Huntington himself articulated in his Clash of Civilizations. What is important to understand is the role Saudi-funded pet projects like the American Muslim Council play for the State Dept. and for U.S.-Islamic relations. A Must read for those [who] believe that there exists no fundamental difference between the U.S. and Islam, or that any differences that do exist can simply be overcome with "dawah".