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Takeyh and Gvosdev encourage us not to overestimate the Islamist threat in the current climate and the years to come.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Islamist Challenge Iran: The Islamist State and the Reformist Challenge Islamism in Algeria: A History of Hope and Agony Egypt: The Struggle for a Nation's Soul Islamism in the Former Yugoslavia From the Red Star to the Green Crescent? Islamism in the Former Soviet Union Some Thoughts on Islamist Failures in Sudan and Afghanistan Conclusion Bibliography

About the Author

RAY TAKEYH is Professor and Director of studies at the Near East and South Asia Center of the National Defense University and author of The Origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine: The U.S., Britain, and Nasser's Eqypt, 1953-57.

NIKOLAS K. GVOSDEV is Executive Editor of The National Interest and a senior fellow for strategic studies at the Nixon Center. His most recent work is Civil Society and the Search for Justice in Russia.

Reviews

?The Receding Shadow of the Prophet: The Rise and Fall of Radical Political Islam surveys radical political Islam's successes and failures in the modern world, offering penetrating views of how they've failed and how their emphasis on violence frightens potential allies.?-MBR Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch

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"The Receding Shadow of the Prophet: The Rise and Fall of Radical Political Islam surveys radical political Islam's successes and failures in the modern world, offering penetrating views of how they've failed and how their emphasis on violence frightens potential allies."-MBR Internet Bookwatch/The Bookwatch