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It has long been an article of faith that the United States does not talk to terrorists that to engage in dialogue with groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood would be tacitly to acknowledge their status as legitimate political actors. Not so, argues Middle East expert Mark Perry. In the absence of dialogue, we have lumped these groups together with Al Qaeda as part of a monolithic enemy defined by a visceral hatred of American values. In reality, while they hold deep grievances about specific US policies, they are ultimately far more defined by their opposition to the deliberately anti-political Salafist ideology of Al Qaeda. Drawing on extensive interviews with Washington insiders, Perry describes fruitful covert meetings between members of the US armed forces and leaders of the Iraqi insurgency to demonstrate that talking to terrorists may be best way to end terrorism controversial wisdom we ignore at our peril.
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Review:
'[Mark Perry's] writing conveys a strong impression that he has not spent his career merely watching the action from a safe seat in the bleachers...[His] tone calls to mind a Tom Clancy novel.' ----New Yorker
'Why not distinguish between [terrorist] groups and engage in a little diplomacy with those extremists who can in their own way assist in our war on terror? Sounds crazy, perhaps, but Perry demonstrates in his book how a controversial approach to the war on terror may be a path to success in minimizing the terrorist threat.' ----Washington Post.com
'Fascinating and original.' ----The National (Abu Dhabi)
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'Why not distinguish between [terrorist] groups and engage in a little diplomacy with those extremists who can in their own way assist in our war on terror? Sounds crazy, perhaps, but Perry demonstrates in his book how a controversial approach to the war on terror may be a path to success in minimizing the terrorist threat.' ----Washington Post.com
'Fascinating and original.' ----The National (Abu Dhabi)
Mark Perry is the author of seven books, including A Fire In Zion: the Israeli-Palestinian Search for Peace. He is a director of Conflicts Forum, which conducted the 2005 meetings between the leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood.
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- PublisherC Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1850659621
- ISBN 13 9781850659624
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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