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Nearly a decade and a half after 9/11, the study of international politics has yet to address some of the most pressing issues raised by the attacks, most notably the relationships between Al Qaeda's international systemic origins and its international societal effects. In this theoretically broad ranging and empirically far reaching study, this question and others are addressed, advancing the study of international politics into new historical settings while providing insights into pressing policy challenges. Looking at actors that depart from established structural and behavioral patterns provides opportunities to examine how those deviations help generate the norms and identities that constitute international society. Systematic examination of the Assassins, Mongols, and Barbary powers provides historical comparison and context to our contemporary struggle, while enriching and deepening our understanding of the systemic forces behind, and societal effects of, these 'confounding powers'.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Confounding Powers
• Subtitle: Anarchy and International Society from the Assassins to Al Qaeda
• Author: William J. Brenner
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 290
• EAN: 9781107109452
• ISBN: 1107109450
• ID: 09375839
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 568 g
• Dimensions: 161 × 236 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. January 2016

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