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Fred Halliday examines the causes and rise of Islamic fundamentalism and how terror became an instrument of political and military conflict. Sobering and encouraging, Two Hours That Shook the World provides a reasoned approach to what the future may hold.
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Fred Halliday expands on the many social, cultural, religious, and political problems that have plagued the Middle East and Central Asia in the last half-century. He dispels the idea that the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds are poised for conflict. Halliday explains the cause and rise of Islamic fundamentalism, and how terror became an instrument of political and military conflict. Two Hours that Shook the World not only examines the causes of what happened, in an engaging and informative manner, but also provides a reasoned approach as to what the future may hold.
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