In this important new book, Douglas Little explores the political and cultural turmoil that led U.S. policy makers to shift their attention from containing the -Red Threat- of international communism to combating the -Green Threat- of radical Islam after 1989. Little analyzes America's confrontation with Islamic extremism through the traditional ideological framework of -us versus them- that has historically pitted the United States against Native Americans, Mexicans, Asian immigrants, Nazis, and the Soviets.
The collapse of the Soviet Union seemed to signal that the doctrine of...
In this important new book, Douglas Little explores the political and cultural turmoil that led U.S. policy makers to shift their attention from conta...
