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Treading on Hallowed Ground: Counterinsurgency Operations in Sacred Spaces
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Treading on Hallowed Ground: Counterinsurgency Operations in Sacred Spaces
Iraq presents special problems to the U. S. because of the intensity of religious belief and sectarianism. How do we fight against an insurgency that so often strategically positions itself on 'hallowed ground'-mosques and shrines? Yet Iraq is not unique. As the contributors to Treading on Hallowed Ground show, counterinsurgency efforts on religiously contentious terrain is a widespread phenomenon in recent times, ranging from North Africa toCentral and Southeast Asia. Here, C. Christine Fair and Sumit Ganguly have assembled an impressive group of experts to explore the most important counterinsurgency efforts in sacred spaces in our era: churches in Israel, mosques and shrines in Iraq, the Sikh Golden Temple in India, mosques and temples inKashmir, the Krue Se Mosque in Thailand, and the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia. Taken together, the essays comprise the first comprehensive account of this increasingly pivotal component of contemporary war.
227 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 29, 2008 |
| Original release date | 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195342048 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 231 × 152 × 15 mm · 362 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Fair, C. Christine (Senior Political Scientist, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation) |
| Editor | Ganguly, Sumit (Professor of Political Science and the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations and Director of Research of the Center on American and Global Security, Professor of Political Science and the Rabindranath Tagore Chair |
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