Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America (Hardcover)

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Key Phrases: jihadist strategy, jihadist strategies, jihad terrorism, United States, Middle East, Saudi Arabia (more...)

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"[A] lucid exposition of how jihadism filled the vacuum created by the collapse of the caliphate after World War I."--Fred Siegel in The New York Sun

 

"Phares peels away the layers of misunderstanding about the jihadists that led to America's unpreparedness for what happened on September 11."--The Washington Times

 

"Remarkable . . . [Phares has] spent his life study­ing the jihad movement. He distilled that lifetime of experience and study into his book."--HSToday

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From MSNBC terrorism expert Walid Phares, this is a frightening look into the future of jihad. Though an alarming new picture of what we can expect from terrorists in the future, Walid Phares reveals how the United States can win the war. Phares, who served as an expert with the Justice Department, briefed the Defense and State Departments, and testifies to Congress, shows that there has been a fundamental misunderstanding about al Qaeda's ultimate goal in the West and what victory means to jihadists. He answers such critical questions as: How long will this war last? Is the United States secure on the inside? Future Jihad shows how our defenses have been infiltrated; identifies the future generation of homegrown terrorists; and points the way for America to win the ideological war at the heart of jihad.

 

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Product Details Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (October 27, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 1403970742 ISBN-13: 978-1403970749 Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #319,157 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in this category: (What's this?) #48 in  Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Political Science > Systems Of Government > Islamic Government

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jihadist strategy, jihadist strategies, jihad terrorism, jihadist ideology, other jihadists, jihad terrorists, ideological penetration, dhimmi status, infidel power, jihadist movement

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United States, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, Muslim Brotherhood, World War, Arab Muslim, Ibn Taymiya, Ottoman Empire, Tora Bora, African American, Nation of Islam, New York, State Department, Sheikh Yussef al Qardawi, United Nations, Twin Towers, Hassan Turabi, Saddam Hussein, Caliph Umar, Messenger of Allah, Prophet Mohammed, Asia Minor, Arabian Peninsula, Middle Ages

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• Winning the Un-War: A New Strategy for the War on Terrorism by Charles Peña in Back Matter

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46 Reviews 5 star:  (37) 4 star:  (6) 3 star:  (2) 2 star:    (0) 1 star:  (1)           Average Customer Review 4.7 out of 5 stars (46 customer reviews)		Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews 76 of 81 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read - Outstanding, November 26, 2005 By  N. Fowler (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    This is an outstanding book. The introduction sets the stage for a riveting read and in the first chapter Phares succeeds in explaining complicated Islamic history and Islamic teachings that have created and continue to support violent jihad in a way that anyone can understand. I could hardly put the book down. Walid Phares clearly understands the jihadists' minds. I have watched him on MSNBC. I suspect his incredible understanding is related to being born, raised, educated and having practiced law in Lebanon where terrorism against the U.S. was initiated through the 1983 suicide bombing of the U.S. marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. Marines. Phares monitors and analyzes the jihadists' websites (Arabic), has contacts in the Arab world, and is invited to debate jihadist supporting clerics and scholars on al-jazeera and other Arabic TV and radio. This book should be required reading for anyone who truly wants to understand jihad in America and abroad, the deadly threat it presents to the U.S. and the free world, and what we need to do to stop it. 27 of 30 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars The Future is NOW, December 9, 2005 By  Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Walid Phares has written a classic book for all times. Every scholar and lay person who deals with terrorism must be sure to read this work. In addition, all law enforcement personnel and policy makers must come to grips with the ideology of jihad as deployed in current history but its antecedents and its future inevitable manifestions as well in order to make reasoned and appropriate interventions. However, one of the most valuable aspects of this book is Dr. Phares' presentation and explication of Wahhabism, Salafism and how they have become interwoven and at times at odds with Shia Islam a la Kohmeini and Nasrallah. We can no longer afford to overlook, simplify and ignore the history of the past in the West vis a vis jihadi Islam as its 6th not so secret pillar. If I were to draw up list of the top authors and their books, I would cite Walid Phare's Future Jihad, Robert Spencer's Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam, Phyllis Chesler's The New AntiSemitism and her most recent The Death of Feminism [b/c it deals with Islamic gender apartheid and no one has done that yet -- the war on terrorism is essentially a gendered war to annihilate women], Andy Bostom's The Legacy of Islam, Bat Ye'or's Eurabia, Schweitzer & Shai's The Globalization of Terror, Ben Shemesh's translation of the Quran, and the old yet invaluable Dictionary of Islam by Hughes. Phares correctly demonstrates that the Future of Jihad has arrived, it is now and we better not keep sticking our heads in the sand. His book merits more than a 10. 22 of 24 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive book on Jihad terror, November 27, 2005 By  Margaret Havel (Boston) - See all my reviews I have surveyed books on Jihadist strategies before and after 9/11. Phares' book is the most definitive. It is the first analysis of the real roots of Islamist ideology and its global vision of struggle against infidel powers, seen from its own prism. Phares show us a global angle that escaped many other experts. Two daring innovations: One I was amazed by the negative role of the Middle East Studies community in America in helping the public understand the rising threat. Two, the book's chapter 13 is scary but realistic: no scholar has described what the Jihadists want and could have done. A must read.		Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference on the Mind of the Terrorist I have spoken to Mr. Phares, calling him up and congratulating him because I was so taken with this book. It is informative, incisive and intelligent. Read more Published 13 months ago by Michael Mandaville 5.0 out of 5 stars Future Jihad An in depth analysis of Radical Islam and its impact on the future of democracy in the west. The author rambles a little and repeatedly emphasises points, but the content is solid... Read more Published 23 months ago by Carl J. Hubbell 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introduction to the Jihadist Threat This was the first book that I read on Jihadism and its threat to America. I was concerned that I would encounter a book advocating hatred toward Muslims - those with similar... Read more Published on November 6, 2007 by Joseph F. Birchmeier 5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Profound Historic Guide for the Topic Its a must to read for any interesting in the topic wether in academia or goverments. Might become a historical outlook required in training officers to deal with... Read more Published on October 27, 2007 by Fran 5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to see how they are going to destroy us... Read on... This is a must for anyone who wants to see how they are destroying us, and what they intend. Read more Published on September 3, 2007 by M. Samuel Sherwood 5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!! This book is a must read for anyone who is a true student of counterterrorism studies. Well writen, a real eye opener! Published on September 3, 2007 by james m. dombrowski 4.0 out of 5 stars Informative The book provides historical prospective and covers current Jihad plans and tactics. It is a read that all Americans should read to understand our current Terrorist situation and... Read more Published on August 10, 2007 by Huey P. O'neal 5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Primer for Dealing with Global Jihad Lecturing and writing about world jihad in the 1990s when hardly anyone was listening, Walid Phares, who hails from Lebanon and who fled the violence and found exile in the United... Read more Published on July 2, 2007 by M. JEFFREY MCMAHON 5.0 out of 5 stars Puts It All Together Not a difficult read...yet puts together in historical context the development of the different lines of Islam, their internecine conflicts, leading to the state of Jihad today... Read more Published on June 26, 2007 by Dr Victor S Alpher 4.0 out of 5 stars Insight into Jihad This is an excellent review of the philosophy and intent of Jihad. It does much to place what are often perceived to be disconnected events into the proper context. Read more Published on June 15, 2007 by John E. Killeen Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (October 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403970742
• ISBN-13: 978-1403970749
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #319,157 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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76 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read - Outstanding, November 26, 2005

By	N. Fowler (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an outstanding book. The introduction sets the stage for a riveting read and in the first chapter Phares succeeds in explaining complicated Islamic history and Islamic teachings that have created and continue to support violent jihad in a way that anyone can understand. I could hardly put the book down. Walid Phares clearly understands the jihadists' minds. I have watched him on MSNBC. I suspect his incredible understanding is related to being born, raised, educated and having practiced law in Lebanon where terrorism against the U.S. was initiated through the 1983 suicide bombing of the U.S. marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. Marines. Phares monitors and analyzes the jihadists' websites (Arabic), has contacts in the Arab world, and is invited to debate jihadist supporting clerics and scholars on al-jazeera and other Arabic TV and radio. This book should be required reading for anyone who truly wants to understand jihad in America and abroad, the deadly threat it presents to the U.S. and the free world, and what we need to do to stop it.

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Future is NOW, December 9, 2005

By	Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Walid Phares has written a classic book for all times. Every scholar and lay person who deals with terrorism must be sure to read this work. In addition, all law enforcement personnel and policy makers must come to grips with the ideology of jihad as deployed in current history but its antecedents and its future inevitable manifestions as well in order to make reasoned and appropriate interventions.

However, one of the most valuable aspects of this book is Dr. Phares' presentation and explication of Wahhabism, Salafism and how they have become interwoven and at times at odds with Shia Islam a la Kohmeini and Nasrallah. We can no longer afford to overlook, simplify and ignore the history of the past in the West vis a vis jihadi Islam as its 6th not so secret pillar. If I were to draw up list of the top authors and their books, I would cite Walid Phare's Future Jihad, Robert Spencer's Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam, Phyllis Chesler's The New AntiSemitism and her most recent The Death of Feminism [b/c it deals with Islamic gender apartheid and no one has done that yet -- the war on terrorism is essentially a gendered war to annihilate women], Andy Bostom's The Legacy of Islam, Bat Ye'or's Eurabia, Schweitzer & Shai's The Globalization of Terror, Ben Shemesh's translation of the Quran, and the old yet invaluable Dictionary of Islam by Hughes. Phares correctly demonstrates that the Future of Jihad has arrived, it is now and we better not keep sticking our heads in the sand. His book merits more than a 10.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive book on Jihad terror, November 27, 2005

By	Margaret Havel (Boston) - See all my reviews

I have surveyed books on Jihadist strategies before and after 9/11. Phares' book is the most definitive. It is the first analysis of the real roots of Islamist ideology and its global vision of struggle against infidel powers, seen from its own prism. Phares show us a global angle that escaped many other experts. Two daring innovations: One I was amazed by the negative role of the Middle East Studies community in America in helping the public understand the rising threat. Two, the book's chapter 13 is scary but realistic: no scholar has described what the Jihadists want and could have done. A must read.