TY - BOOK AU - Cooley,John K. TI - Unholy wars: Afghanistan, America, and international terrorism SN - 0745316913 (pbk.) AV - JZ 1480 C774u 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - London, Sterling, Va. PB - Pluto Press KW - United States KW - Central Intelligence Agency KW - Estados Unidos KW - embne KW - Espionage, American KW - Islamic countries KW - Terrorism KW - Terrorismo KW - Afganistán KW - Foreign relations KW - Afghanistan KW - Relaciones KW - Estados Unidos. Central Intelligence Agency KW - Paises islamicos N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-273) and index; Carter and Brezhnev in the Valley of Decision -- Anwar al-Sadat -- Zia al-Haq -- Deng Xiaoping -- Recruiters, trainers, trainees and assorted spooks -- Donors, bankers and profiteers -- Poppy fields, killing fields and druglords -- Russia: bitter aftertaste and reluctant return -- The contagion spreads: Egypt and the Maghreb -- The contagion spreads: the assault on America -- More contagion: the Philippines -- Epilogue N2 - Analyzes the recent developments stemming from the 1980s alliance between the United States and Islamic nations, focusing on Osama Bin Laden, the emergence of the Taliban, and the violence resulting from Afghani conflicts ER -