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Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genelogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the Christian and Islamic struggle to control the sacred places of Palestine and the Middle East between the 7th and 13th century, a dynamic new history, placing equal emphasis on the inner histories of Christianity and Islam, traces the origins and development of the crusade and jihad.
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, A Division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"America's fight against radical Islam could soon be over, and a top secret plan from the Cold War is the key to our victory. Dr. Sebastian Gorka, counterinsurgency expert and Distinguished Chair of Military Theory at Marine Corps University, explains how America can win the war on terror quickly and decisively by delegitimizing the enemy in the eyes of its followers-a strategy that won the Cold War and would end the era of Jihad forever"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A cosmic war is a religious war, not between armies or nations, but between the forces of good and evil, a war in which God is believed to be directly engaged on behalf of one side against the other. The hijackers who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, thought they were fighting a cosmic war. Scholar Reza Aslan maintains that by infusing the War on Terror with the same kind of religiously polarizing rhetoric, the United States is also...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a look at "homegrown" Islamist terrorism, from 9/11 to the present, discusses the perpetrators who have acted both in the U.S. and abroad, and examines the controversial tactics used to track potential terrorists. --Publisher's description.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The journalist who broke the "Jihadi John" story draws on her personal experience to bridge the gap between the Muslim world and the West and explain the rise of Islamic radicalism. Souad Mekhennet has lived her entire life between worlds. The daughter of a Turkish mother and a Moroccan father, she was born and educated in Germany and has worked for several American newspapers. Since the 9/11 attacks she has reported stories among the most dangerous...
16) Radical origins: why we are losing the battle against Islamic extremism--and how to turn the tide
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Pegasus Books edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 298 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An international expert traces the rise of the extreme ideology of Wahhabism, which has been the ideological bedrock of the state of Saudi Arabia since its original rise in the eighteenth century, and argues that it is this ideology that is fueling ISIS and terror cells worldwide.
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