TY - BOOK AU - Bonney, Richard TI - False prophets: the "clash of civilizations" and the global war on terror SN - 9781906165024 U1 - 320 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Peter Lang KW - World politics KW - Islamic countries KW - Civilization KW - Diplomatic relations N1 - The context of the clash -- Revisiting Huntington's 'Clash of civilizations' thesis post-9/11 -- 'Bring them freedom or they destroy us': Bernard Lewis and the evolution of the 'Lewis Doctrine' -- Elijah's mantle: the inherited struggle of Daniel Pipes -- The real American special relationship: Israel's interests and the influence of the American Jewish lobby -- 'Rapture', the theo-cons, and the Christian right in US politics -- Regime change? Assertive nationalism captures the White House post-9/11 -- 'Making the world safer and better'? Iraq and the moral arguments concerning preventive war -- 'We don't do nation-building': towards a Jus Post Bellum for Iraq and other cases of intervention -- Towards 'Eurabia' or the co-habitation of civilizations? -- Conclusion: Demise of the false prophets? ER -