Islamic Extremism and the War of Ideas: Lessons from Indonesia

Name: Islamic Extremism and the War of Ideas: Lessons from Indonesia
Brand: Hoover Institution PressU.S.
SKU: 9780817911645
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By (author): John Hughes

John Hughes examines lessons learned from the practice of public diplomacyespecially international broadcastingin the cold war and tells how the United States could more effectively counter extremism, promote democracy, and improve understanding of itself in the Islamic world. He offers Indonesia as a successful example of the melding of democracy, Islam, and modernity and suggests that this country and other nations where Islam and democracy coexistsuch as Turkeycould play a significant role in helping thwart Islamist extremism. See more

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Weight: 350g
Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
Publication Date: 30 Jul 2010
Publisher: Hoover Institution PressU.S.
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780817911645

About John Hughes

B>John Hughes is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and former editor of the Christian Science Monitor. He is currently a professor of international communications at Brigham Young University and writes a nationally syndicated column for the Monitor. Hughes served for six years as Africa correspondent and six years as Far East correspondent before becoming the Monitor's editor. A Nieman Fellow at Harvard he won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Indonesia and the Overseas Press Club Award for his investigation of the international narcotics traffic. During the Reagan administration he was associate director of the United States Information Agency director of the Voice of America and assistant secretary of state for public affairs and department spokesman. He later chaired presidential and congressional commissions on international government broadcasting. He has written two books on Africa and Indonesia.