Fighting the Ideological War

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Publisher: Westminster Institute

For more than two decades the United States has responded to global terrorism primarily as a physical threat, avoiding direct confrontation with the beliefs and ideas that motivate it. This collection of essays seeks to redress this imbalance. It aims to give decision-makers the tools to craft an effective strategy for countering and defeating the beliefs that motivate Islamist terrorists by examining those beliefs closely and drawing on the lessons to be learned from past ideological conflicts.

About Katharine C. Gorka

Katharine Cornell Gorka is the Executive Director of The Westminster Institute, a non-governmental think-tank which is based in McLean, Virginia.

About Patrick Sookhdeo

Patrick Sookhdeo has a Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University on issues relating to Islam and society. He is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity and also serves as a senior advisor and consultant on security and military issues. He is currently Adjunct Professor at George C. Marshall European Center and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Defence Academy of the UK, as well as lecturing at other institutions. He is author of 30 books.

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Binding	EAN	ISBN-10	Pub Date	PAGES	Language	Size	Price
E-Book	9780988593084	0988593084	2013-03-01	240		0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 in	$11.99
Paperback	9780985310905	0985310901	2012-05-31	244		0.00 x 6.00 x 9.00 in	$15.00

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