... resist Russia. The United States didn't put enough thought into their actions and used powerful words to define the anti-communist movement that would have severe blow back. The word in question is Jihad, the notion of Jihad was not limited to anti-communism but rather to anti-modernity and the ideas that the CIA were feeding to the Muslims were not ... high point in The Cold War." Mamdani backs up his argument in many ways. He states that during The Cold War, the United States lacked alliances to defend against communism, whether it was to go to war against the Soviet Union, or prevent...

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... perception that this was a war of religions is wrong. It also shows that there are many other deeply rooted issues that ought to be addressed. After the 1990 collapse of communism and the seemingly triumph of capitalism, democracy and freedom that most of the western world is part of, there was the emergence of three possible trends across the Middle East ... G. Koura writes, "Since 1990, the Middle East has remained mired in a legacy of local and global extremism, terror, and military violence. The Anglo-American-Israeli politicians who seek to define the Middle East for the rest of th...

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• Grade Level: High School