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The Enemy of My Enemy (Michael book)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “book by political science professor george michael”. Today it says “a 2006 book by political science professor george michael of the university of virginia wise”.
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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 of the University of Virginia Wise . It examines the alliances between neo-Nazis , Holocaust deniers , and white separatists with Islamists such as Al Qaeda , Hezbollah , Hamas , and Egyptian Islamic Jihad .

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Then

book by political science professor george michael

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a 2006 book by political science professor george michael of the university of virginia wise

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