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這個發生在葉門的戰爭，從來都不只是內戰。而是與美蘇對立、圍堵共產主義，以及蓋達組織的興起、衰頹與再興，對抗美國、美國總統的決策，都有著密不可分的關係。然而，不管是誰對抗誰，對葉門人來說，那些反抗的人、或是被反抗的對象，他們帶來的，有時，其實是一樣的困境。◎先知指定的「最後避難處」，為何會落入連年內戰、飢荒的悲慘境地？葉門，這個在西元七世紀時，被當時遭遇困厄的伊斯蘭先知穆罕默德指定為「當災禍降臨時的

A former Fullbright Fellow who studied in Yemen describes the rise and fall of the terror organization and how they grew out of their defeat by the United States into one of the most dangerous and thr

The collapse of the Soviet Union ushered in American global hegemony in world affairs. In the post-Cold War period, both Democrat and Republican governments intervened, fought insurgencies, and changed regimes. In America's Wars, Thomas Henriksen explores how America tried to remake the world by militarily invading a host of nations beset with civil wars, ethnic cleansing, brutal dictators, and devastating humanitarian conditions. The immediate post-Cold War years saw the United States carrying out interventions in the name of Western-style democracy, humanitarianism, and liberal internationalism in Panama, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo. Later, the 9/11 terrorist attacks led America into larger-scale military incursions to defend itself from further assaults by al Qaeda in Afghanistan and from perceived nuclear arms in Iraq, while fighting small-footprint conflicts in Africa, Asia, and Arabia. This era is coming to an end with the resurgence of great power rivalry and rising threa