Freedom or Terror: Europe Faces Jihad

by Russell A. Berman

Overview

In his analysis of Europe's ambivalence toward jihadist terror and the spread of aggressive Islamism, with particular emphasis on the European responses—or lack thereof—to this violent anti-modernism, Russell A. Berman describes how some European countries opt for appeasement and apologetics, whereas others muster the strength to defend their way of life and stand up for freedom. He describes a complex continent of different nations and traditions to further our understanding of the range of reactions to Islamism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817911140
Publisher:	Hoover Institution Press
Publication date:	05/01/2010
Series:	HOOVER INST PRESS PUBLICATION
Edition description:	1st Edition
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Russell A. Berman, the Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Table of Contents

Foreword Fouad Ajami ix

Introduction 1

1 European Values and Islamist Violence: Decadence Meets Force 15

2 England: Rights and Traditions 45

3 France: Terrorism and the Republic 77

4 Germany: Memory and Modernization 107

5 Belgium, Holland, Denmark: Terror in Small Nations 145

6 Bosnia: Genocide and Terrorism 173

Afterword 199

Suggestions for Further Reading 205

About the Author 208

About the Hoover Institution's Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order 210

Index 211