"They didn't just read Sayyid Qutb. They didn't just read Hassan al-Banna. They read Lenin, they read Jean-Paul Sartre, they read Fyodor Dostoevsky."
I recall how the Viet Cong avidly studied American literature in the trenches and the tunnels.
I don't see any American policy makers reading Sayyid Qutb.
this was quite common among most arab nationalists across the region in the 50s-70s. there were a lot socialist/communists groups across the region and they were targetted by (usually "religious") groups backed by the cia.
Interesting.
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"They didn't just read Sayyid Qutb. They didn't just read Hassan al-Banna. They read Lenin, they read Jean-Paul Sartre, they read Fyodor Dostoevsky."
I recall how the Viet Cong avidly studied American literature in the trenches and the tunnels.
I don't see any American policy makers reading Sayyid Qutb.
this was quite common among most arab nationalists across the region in the 50s-70s. there were a lot socialist/communists groups across the region and they were targetted by (usually "religious") groups backed by the cia.
Interesting.