Allah's Torch A Report from Behind the Scenes in Asia's War on Terror

Name: Allah's Torch A Report from Behind the Scenes in Asia's War on Terror
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ISBN: 9780060560904

ISBN-10: 0060560908

ISBN-13: 9780060560904

Edition: 2004

Authors: Tracy Dahlby

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Indonesia, Southeast Asia -- the next front in the war on terrorism maybe the most difficult ... and explosive. Long before September 11, 2001, terrorism's global elite was already zeroing in on Indonesia -- the world's most populous Islamic nation, and its largest archipelago, where dense jungles and intricate, unpatrolled coastlines conceal almost endless hiding places. Acclaimed journalist and filmmaker Tracy Dahlby takes us into this dangerous terrain, both before and after 9/11, interweaving the divergent perspectives of Koran-thumping preachers, hardened holy warriors, military commandos, and embattled Muslim moderates, in a first-rate reporting adventure that sheds new light on…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 1/4/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

TRACY DAHLBY is currently professor and Frank A. Bennack, Jr. Chair in Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. He served as Tokyo bureau chief for Newsweek and the Washington Post, reported on Asia for National Geographic magazine, and has produced and directed historical documentaries for television. His previous book is Allah’s Torch: A Report from Behind the Scenes in Asia’s War on Terror.