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The Israeli-Arab conflict has involved various forms of Further Reading
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United States throughout the Muslim world. Anti-
Americanism has been exploited by militant Islamist
extremists whose terrorist attacks have targeted the
United States and its allies, reminding the world that even
the militarily most sophisticated and economically Warfare—
strongest societies are vulnerable. Continuing resistance
to the United States and the U.S.-backed governments in Japan and Korea
Iraq and Afghanistan has shown the limits of Western
armies in asymmetrical warfare. uring the long histories of Japan and Korea, there
Dwere many times that their respective experiences
Gabor Ágoston
with warfare would intertwine, with military forces mov-
See also Islamic World ing from the Korean peninsula to the Japanese islands