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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Several chapters discuss the relationships between the countries they visit and the Soviet Union and several Communist parties, something that's just not relevant anymore.
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* ValuesResonance: The subplot about the militant Islamist group in Syria planning to take over the Middle East and attack the United States is a lot more unsettling after TheWarOnTerror began than in the mid-80s.
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* ValuesResonance: The subplot about the militant Islamist group in Syria planning to take over the Middle East and attack the United States is a lot more unsettling after TheWarOnTerror UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror began than in the mid-80s.
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* ValuesDissonance: What the authors are trying to do. It doesn't really work out because it's clear they have no idea what Islam, Guatemala native culture, and a few other places are all about.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Several chapters discuss the relationships between the countries they visit and the Soviet Union and several Communist parties, something that's just not relevant anymore.
* ValuesDissonance: What the authors are trying todo.say about the countries the book visits. It doesn't really work out because it's clear they have no idea what Islam, Guatemala native culture, and a few other places are all about.
* ValuesResonance: The subplot about the militant Islamist group in Syria planning to take over the Middle East and attack the United States is a lot more unsettling after TheWarOnTerror began than in the mid-80s.
* ValuesDissonance: What the authors are trying to
* ValuesResonance: The subplot about the militant Islamist group in Syria planning to take over the Middle East and attack the United States is a lot more unsettling after TheWarOnTerror began than in the mid-80s.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Its treatment of foreign countries range from the nuanced to the problematic.
** Guatemala's native people rally behind a couple of brothers pretending to be pagan gods.
** Nur al-Allah, despite being the worst elements of the Ayatollah and Osama Bin Ladin, has ALL of Islam behind him.
** The use of HollywoodVoodoo.
** Subverted with the Living Gods of Egypt, who are nothing more than a tourist attraction which offends the Muslim Majority.
** Australia's aborigines are planning to overthrow the whites with magic. To be fair, only one intends this and he's obviously crazy.
** Guatemala's native people rally behind a couple of brothers pretending to be pagan gods.
** Nur al-Allah, despite being the worst elements of the Ayatollah and Osama Bin Ladin, has ALL of Islam behind him.
** The use of HollywoodVoodoo.
** Subverted with the Living Gods of Egypt, who are nothing more than a tourist attraction which offends the Muslim Majority.
** Australia's aborigines are planning to overthrow the whites with magic. To be fair, only one intends this and he's obviously crazy.
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* CompleteMonster: Nur al-Allah, Puppetman.
* UnfortunateImplications: Let's just say its treatment of foreign countries range from the nuanced to the problematic.
* UnfortunateImplications: Let's just say its treatment of foreign countries range from the nuanced to the problematic.
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** Australia's aborigines are planning to overthrow the whites with magic.
*** To be fair, only one intends this and he's obviously crazy.
*** To be fair, only one intends this and he's obviously crazy.
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** Australia's aborigines are planning to overthrow the whites with magic. \n*** To be fair, only one intends this and he's obviously crazy.
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** Nur al-Allah, desite being the worst elements of the Ayatollah and Osama Bin Ladin, has ALL of Islam behind him.
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** Nur al-Allah, desite despite being the worst elements of the Ayatollah and Osama Bin Ladin, has ALL of Islam behind him.
