'The Clash of Civilizations'

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This paper reviews 'The Clash of Civilizations' by Samuel Huntington. According to the paper, this book was written five years prior to 9/11 but nobody paid much attention. The paper discusses how Huntington describes how wherever one looks along the perimeter of Islam, Muslims have problems living peaceably with their neighbors.

Introduction to 'The Clash of Civilizations'
The Implications for the Future
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In fact, the "new war," as the executive branch of the U.S. government called 9/11, "is...not so new," Huntington explains in his Newsweek piece. "It is a continuation and escalation of previous patterns of violence involving Muslims."
Meanwhile, an article by Husain Haqqani - "The American Mongols" - discusses Arab nationalism in the context of the Arab history juxtaposed and intermingled with the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March, 2003. His May, 2003 article in Foreign Policy magazine explains that the last time "infidels conquered the City of Peace (Baghdad) was in 1258, when the Mongol horde" - the warriors of Genghis Khan's grandson Hulegu - defeated the "Arab Abbasid caliphate that had ruled for more than five centuries."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Haqqani, Husain. "The American Mongols," Foreign Policy, vol. 136, pp. 70-72. 2003.
• Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. NewYork: Simon & Schuster. 1996.
• Yaqub, Salim. Containing Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and The
• Middle East, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill and London. 2004

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