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In his column which appeared in the Times on the morning of 9/11, Michael Gove prophetically argued that the West's policy of appeasement towards terror was destined to provoke yet greater atrocities. In Celsius 7/7, Gove explores the roots of Islamic rage, the historical factors which culminated in the current terrorist campaign and the Moslem world's troubled accommodation with modernity. He also analyses the intellectual roots and political appeal of Islamism, explains the factors behind Jihadi violence and places the current fundamentalist challenge in context. Combining a broad historical sweep with character sketches of key figures such as Michel Aflaq, Charles de Gaulle, Sayyhid Qutb, Donald Rumsfeld, Abu Musab al_Zarqawi, Henry Kissinger and Osama bin Laden, as well as a detailed survey of Western political failures, Gove's account is a shrewd and detached analysis that provides powerfully convincing recommendations for future action.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #392301 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author
Michael Gove is a columnist on The Times, and as of the 2005 General Election he is Conservative MP for Surrey Heath. He has been a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze and Newsnight Review.

Customer Reviews

A well founded opinion...
Gove is a clever man widely tipped to be very senior in Government one day.He is a lone voice of moral principle, and with a sharp well educated mind a formidable man to debate with.This book is very uncomfortable to read.Gove has researched it well and deals in hard edged facts just like Hitchens and Phillips.( Abolition of Britain and Londonistan)His take on the facts reaches simlar conclusions and will annoy a vast section of the world's population. Yet he cannot be accused of racism or religous intolernce as he makes very clear the distinction between ordinary Muslims and Islamists. The only criticism I can seriously offer is that his prose style is a bit long winded to the point of being archaic. But due to the level of research he has so obviously conducted it is reasuring to read fact fact after fact. His conclusions are therefore well founded.