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{{Short description|2006 book by George Michael}}
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| author           = [[George Michael (professor)|George Michael]]
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| publisher        = [[University Press of Kansas]]
| pub_date         = April 2006
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| media_type       = Hardcover
| pages            = 397
| isbn             = 0-7006-1444-3
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| preceded_by      = Confronting Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism in the USA (2003)
| followed_by      = Willis Carto and the American Far Right (2008)
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'''''The Enemy of My Enemy: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right''''' is a 2006 book by [[political science]] professor [[George Michael (professor)|George Michael]] of the [[University of Virginia Wise]]. It examines the alliances between [[neo-Nazis]], [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust deniers]], and [[white separatism|white separatists]] with [[Islamism|Islamists]] such as [[Al Qaeda]], [[Hezbollah]], [[Hamas]], and [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
It was published in April 2006 by [[University Press of Kansas]] as a 397-page hardcover ({{ISBN|0-7006-1444-3}}).
==Synopsis==
In the book [[George Michael (professor)|George Michael]] of the [[University of Virginia Wise]] examines the positions of neo-Nazi and Islamist groups on [[American foreign policy]], the [[Mass media|media]], [[modernity]], and the so-called [[New World Order (conspiracy)|New World Order]]. Both camps share a "fervent [[anti-Semitism]], accompanied by strong pro-[[Palestinian nationalism|Palestinian]] views, anger over [[Israel]]'s influence on American policymakers, and opposition to the [[Iraq War]] and the U.S. presence in the Middle East."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kuecprd.ku.edu/~upress/cgi-bin/subjects/history-u-s/978-0-7006-1444-8.html|title=The Enemy of My Enemy: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right|publisher=[[University of Kansas]]|access-date=April 18, 2015}}</ref>
==Reception==
''[[Political Science Quarterly]]'' reviewed the book, writing:  <blockquote>George Michael's The Enemy of My Enemy explores the connections and possibilities for cooperation between a threat of substantial contemporary interest to policymakers, intelligence analysts, and political scientists—militant Islamic movements like the al Qaeda organization (AQO)--and one that is, in many respects, an incipient one, Western right-wing extremism. The book provides a good overview of the historical and intellectual wellsprings of these two movements, but ultimately does not provide a case that would justify alarm. {{sfn|Larson|2007}}</blockquote>
[[Daveed Gartenstein-Ross]] of ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'' and [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]] noted that the book contains extensive quotations with little analysis, but that its value "can be found in its in-depth study of the on-again, off-again love affair between radical Islam and the extreme right. How the latest chapter in this romance will play out remains to be seen."{{sfn|Gartenstein-Ross|2006}}
==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite journal|journal=The Weekly Standard|last=Gartenstein-Ross|first=Daveed|title=Strange Allies – George Michael's "The Enemy of My Enemy" details the unlikely alliance between militant Islam and the extreme right|date=August 9, 2006|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/532dxbll.asp?page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622080428/http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/532dxbll.asp?page=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2011}}
*{{cite journal|journal=Terrorism and Political Violence|publisher=Routledge|last=Durham|first=Martin|title=George Michael. The Enemy of My Enemy. The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right – Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006. 397+viii pp; $34.95. ISBN 0-7006-1444-3|year=2007|volume=19|issue=3|pages=435–436|doi=10.1080/09546550701476000|s2cid=146714383}}
*{{cite journal|journal=Political Science Quarterly|publisher=Academy of Political Science|last=Larson |first=Eric V.|title=George Michael, The Enemy of My Enemy – The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right (Book Review) |year=2007|volume=122|issue=1|pages=159–160|url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070318/|doi=10.1002/j.1538-165x.2007.tb01595.x}}
*{{cite journal|journal=[[Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies]]|publisher=Project MUSE Journals|last=Lerner|first=Saul|title=The Enemy of My Enemy: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right (review)|year=2008|volume=27|issue=1|pages=138–141|doi=10.1353/sho.0.0272|s2cid=146912897}}
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