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Cooley, J.K . 2000. Unholy Wars. Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism. Pluto Press, London, UK. Rating: JJJ About the Author: John Cooley is a journalist who has covered conflicts in the Middle East. Books by the same author: |
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Review This book, written before the 11th of September 2001, is prophetic in its lucidity. It warns against the USA policy of training, financing and otherwise assisting terrorist organisations even when it seems to serve a short-term objective. Al-Qaeda is the key example in this book, which shows how the US desire to turn Afghanistan into Russia's Vietnam went horribly wrong. Bin Laden's organisation, like Frankenstein's monster, soon grew out of the control of its western masters and even turned against him. Cooley warned that we had not seen the endgame yet, and proved to be tragically correct. It is a shame this kind of warning is too often ignored by policy makers, who are then surprised by the consequences of their own actions. |
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