{"product_id":"9780857729521","title":"Secular War: Myths of Religion, Politics and Violence","description":"How have long-standing and unconscious secular assumptions about religion shaped the post-9\/11 climate and its wars? Stacey Gutkowski explores this little-examined, yet crucial, element of British perceptions of and policy towards Jihadism over the last decade, to draw critical conclusions about the relationship between war and the secular. She points to a surprisingly coherent body of secular beliefs that have fuelled policies in Iraq, Afghanistan and counter-terrorism, and that have had mixed results – responsible for both positive strategies and tragic errors.   The theory Gutkowski develops on the impact of this secular approach to warfare holds a broader global significance, and cannot be viewed as just a British phenomenon. This book addresses ongoing and critical debates, such as the ‘overreach’ of Western liberal interventionism in the Middle East, and speaks to policy-makers, security analysts and students of IR, Foreign Policy and Security Studies.","brand":"I.B.Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072329793776,"sku":"9780857729521","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857729521_p0.jpg?v=1763817575","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857729521","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}