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A World Ignited : How Apostles of Ethnic, Religious, and Racial Hatred Torch the Globe by Martin Tolchin; Susan J. Tolchin is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is A World Ignited : How Apostles of Ethnic, Religious, and Racial Hatred Torch the Globe about?

War. Torture. Humiliation. Exploitation. Fear. Futility. The daily news is bleak. And it's not reserved to just one corner of the globe. World wide we are bombarded with graphic, emotionally-laden examples of inhumanity. These challenges to peace and freedom have become so commonplace that public and government responses are sedate or self-righteous. Meanwhile in more malevolent countries, manipulative politicians and sadistic terrorists have become skilled at exploiting this state of affairs. And we ignore it at our own peril.A World Ignited is about the surge of hatred that has swept the world in the last decade, its myriad causes, its toll in lives and human misery. This condition is amplified by modern communications technology, especially television and the Internet, and made more lethal by modern weaponry, including assault rifles and rocket launchers, and unprecedented tactics that strive for mass death and anguish. Anger is fed by economic disparities, religious and cultural wars that go back centuries, and deep-seated feelings of defeat and humiliation. The book takes aim at the Bush administration for its penchant for provocative and unilateral policies that have inspired

Author

Martin Tolchin; Susan J. Tolchin

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ; Distributed by National Book Netwrok

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781461711650

Subjects

Political Science, Sociology, Social_sciences