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Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism
Written by George Weigel
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $13.00
With an unsettled Middle East, al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups actively plotting against America and its allies, and spillover from religious conflict in Muslim countries spreading instability and violence worldwide, George Weigel’s Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism is an acute analysis of one of the most dynamic forces in... Read more >
Written by George Weigel
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $13.00
With an unsettled Middle East, al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups actively plotting against America and its allies, and spillover from religious conflict in Muslim countries spreading instability and violence worldwide, George Weigel’s Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism is an acute analysis of one of the most dynamic forces in... Read more >
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Ghost
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Written by Fred Burton
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this hard-hitting memoir, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced, worldly-wise few. Plunging readers into the murky world of violent religious extremism that... Read more >
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Written by Fred Burton
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this hard-hitting memoir, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced, worldly-wise few. Plunging readers into the murky world of violent religious extremism that... Read more >
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The Dark Side
The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Written by Jane Mayer
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $15.95
A dramatic and damning narrative account of how America has fought the
"War on Terror"
In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos... Read more >
The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Written by Jane Mayer
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $15.95
A dramatic and damning narrative account of how America has fought the
"War on Terror"
In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Dark Side
The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
Written by Jane Mayer
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $15.95
One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
National Bestseller
With a New Afterword
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A Best Book of the Year: Salon, Slate, The Economist, The Washington Post, Cleveland Plain-Dealer
The Dark Side is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the... Read more >
The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
Written by Jane Mayer
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $15.95
One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
National Bestseller
With a New Afterword
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A Best Book of the Year: Salon, Slate, The Economist, The Washington Post, Cleveland Plain-Dealer
The Dark Side is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the... Read more >
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The Second Plane
September 11: Terror and Boredom
Written by Martin Amis
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $14.95
A master not only of fiction but also of fiercely controversial political engagement, Martin Amis here gathers fourteen pieces that constitute an evolving, provocative, and insightful examination of the most momentous event of our time.
At the heart of this collection is the long essay “Terror and Boredom,” an unsparing analysis of... Read more >
September 11: Terror and Boredom
Written by Martin Amis
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $14.95
A master not only of fiction but also of fiercely controversial political engagement, Martin Amis here gathers fourteen pieces that constitute an evolving, provocative, and insightful examination of the most momentous event of our time.
At the heart of this collection is the long essay “Terror and Boredom,” an unsparing analysis of... Read more >
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Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism
A Call to Action
Written by George Weigel
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $18.95
“History must be made to march in the direction of genuine human progress; world affairs have no intrinsic momentum that necessarily results in the victory of decency. Maintaining the morale necessary to achieving progress in history requires us to live our lives, today, against a moral horizon of responsibility that is... Read more >
A Call to Action
Written by George Weigel
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $18.95
“History must be made to march in the direction of genuine human progress; world affairs have no intrinsic momentum that necessarily results in the victory of decency. Maintaining the morale necessary to achieving progress in history requires us to live our lives, today, against a moral horizon of responsibility that is... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Terrorist Watch
Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack
Written by Ronald Kessler
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95
“You make a mistake, there are dead people.”
—FBI Special Agent Art Cummings, head of international counterterrorism operations
Drawing on unprecedented access to FBI and CIA counterterrorism operatives, New York Times bestselling author Ronald Kessler presents the chilling story of terrorists’ relentless efforts to mount another devastating attack on the United... Read more >
Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack
Written by Ronald Kessler
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95
“You make a mistake, there are dead people.”
—FBI Special Agent Art Cummings, head of international counterterrorism operations
Drawing on unprecedented access to FBI and CIA counterterrorism operatives, New York Times bestselling author Ronald Kessler presents the chilling story of terrorists’ relentless efforts to mount another devastating attack on the United... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Terrorist Watch
Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack
Written by Ronald Kessler
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95
“You make a mistake, there are dead people.”
—FBI Special Agent Art Cummings, head of international counterterrorism operations
Drawing on unprecedented access to FBI and CIA counterterrorism operatives, New York Times bestselling author Ronald Kessler presents the chilling story of terrorists’ relentless efforts to mount another devastating attack on the United... Read more >
Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack
Written by Ronald Kessler
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95
“You make a mistake, there are dead people.”
—FBI Special Agent Art Cummings, head of international counterterrorism operations
Drawing on unprecedented access to FBI and CIA counterterrorism operatives, New York Times bestselling author Ronald Kessler presents the chilling story of terrorists’ relentless efforts to mount another devastating attack on the United... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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World at Risk
The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
Written by Commission on Prevention/WMDs and Senator Bob Graham
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: December 3, 2008
Price: $10.95
“The greatest danger of another catastrophic attack in the United States will materialize if the world's most dangerous terrorists acquire the world's most dangerous weapons.” —The 9/11 Commission Report
The bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism was established by the U.S. Congress to build... Read more >
The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
Written by Commission on Prevention/WMDs and Senator Bob Graham
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: December 3, 2008
Price: $10.95
“The greatest danger of another catastrophic attack in the United States will materialize if the world's most dangerous terrorists acquire the world's most dangerous weapons.” —The 9/11 Commission Report
The bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism was established by the U.S. Congress to build... Read more >
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On Empire
America, War, and Global Supremacy
Written by Eric Hobsbawm
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $19.95
In there four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.
With his usual measured and brilliant historical perspective, Eric Hobsbawm traces the... Read more >
America, War, and Global Supremacy
Written by Eric Hobsbawm
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $19.95
In there four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.
With his usual measured and brilliant historical perspective, Eric Hobsbawm traces the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Shadow Warriors
The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender
Written by Kenneth R. Timmerman
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $14.95
“An alarming but necessary book that reads like a thriller. By raising uncomfortable questions, Ken Timmerman has performed a significant public service.”
–Michael Medved, nationally syndicated talk radio host
Some have called it the CIA’s greatest covert operation of all time.
It is an intelligence war conducted behind the scenes, aimed at confusing... Read more >
The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender
Written by Kenneth R. Timmerman
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $14.95
“An alarming but necessary book that reads like a thriller. By raising uncomfortable questions, Ken Timmerman has performed a significant public service.”
–Michael Medved, nationally syndicated talk radio host
Some have called it the CIA’s greatest covert operation of all time.
It is an intelligence war conducted behind the scenes, aimed at confusing... Read more >
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The Dark Side
The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Written by Jane Mayer
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $27.50
A dramatic and damning narrative account of how America has fought the
"War on Terror"
In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos... Read more >
The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Written by Jane Mayer
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $27.50
A dramatic and damning narrative account of how America has fought the
"War on Terror"
In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Dark Side
The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Written by Jane Mayer
Read by Richard McGonagle
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $34.95
In the days following September 11, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington... Read more >
The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Written by Jane Mayer
Read by Richard McGonagle
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $34.95
In the days following September 11, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington... Read more >
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The Dark Side
The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Written by Jane Mayer
Read by Richard McGonagle
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $25.00
In the days following September 11, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington... Read more >
The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Written by Jane Mayer
Read by Richard McGonagle
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $25.00
In the days following September 11, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington... Read more >
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Ghost
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Written by Fred Burton
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $26.00
For decades, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, has secretly been on the front lines in the fight to keep Americans safe around the world. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the... Read more >
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Written by Fred Burton
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $26.00
For decades, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, has secretly been on the front lines in the fight to keep Americans safe around the world. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Ghost
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Written by Fred Burton
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $16.00
For decades, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, has secretly been on the front lines in the fight to keep Americans safe around the world. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the... Read more >
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Written by Fred Burton
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $16.00
For decades, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, has secretly been on the front lines in the fight to keep Americans safe around the world. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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On Empire
America, War, and Global Supremacy
Written by Eric Hobsbawm
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $19.95
In there four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.
With his usual measured and brilliant historical perspective, Eric Hobsbawm traces the... Read more >
America, War, and Global Supremacy
Written by Eric Hobsbawm
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $19.95
In there four incisive and keenly perceptive essays, one of out most celebrated and respected historians of modern Europe looks at the world situation and some of the major political problems confronting us at the start of the third millennium.
With his usual measured and brilliant historical perspective, Eric Hobsbawm traces the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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On the Hunt
How to Wake Up Washington and Win the War on Terror
Written by Colonel David Hunt
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2008
Price: $14.95
They Still Don’t Get It!
Fox News military analyst Colonel David Hunt cuts like a buzz saw through the half-measures and half-truths, the dangerous timidity, and the outright stupidity that–if left unchecked–will lead America to lose the War on Terror.
“Colonel David Hunt’s book is a call to arms and... Read more >
How to Wake Up Washington and Win the War on Terror
Written by Colonel David Hunt
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2008
Price: $14.95
They Still Don’t Get It!
Fox News military analyst Colonel David Hunt cuts like a buzz saw through the half-measures and half-truths, the dangerous timidity, and the outright stupidity that–if left unchecked–will lead America to lose the War on Terror.
“Colonel David Hunt’s book is a call to arms and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism
A Call to Action
Written by George Weigel
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $18.95
“History must be made to march in the direction of genuine human progress; world affairs have no intrinsic momentum that necessarily results in the victory of decency. Maintaining the morale necessary to achieving progress in history requires us to live our lives, today, against a moral horizon of responsibility that is... Read more >
A Call to Action
Written by George Weigel
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $18.95
“History must be made to march in the direction of genuine human progress; world affairs have no intrinsic momentum that necessarily results in the victory of decency. Maintaining the morale necessary to achieving progress in history requires us to live our lives, today, against a moral horizon of responsibility that is... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Osama
The Making of a Terrorist
Written by Jonathan Randal
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.00
How is it possible for one middle-aged Saudi millionaire to threaten the world’s only superpower? This is the question at the center of Jonathan Randal’s riveting, timely account of Osama bin Laden’s role in the rise of terrorism in the Middle East. Randal–a journalist whose experience of the Middle East spans... Read more >
The Making of a Terrorist
Written by Jonathan Randal
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.00
How is it possible for one middle-aged Saudi millionaire to threaten the world’s only superpower? This is the question at the center of Jonathan Randal’s riveting, timely account of Osama bin Laden’s role in the rise of terrorism in the Middle East. Randal–a journalist whose experience of the Middle East spans... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
Written by Walter Russell Mead
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
From one of our most brilliant and original writers on U.S. foreign policy, a stunning and timely book on the policy of the Bush administration and its current grand strategy for the world.
Mead begins by analyzing America’s historical approach to the world—by no means perfect, but reasonably moral and... Read more >
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
Written by Walter Russell Mead
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
From one of our most brilliant and original writers on U.S. foreign policy, a stunning and timely book on the policy of the Bush administration and its current grand strategy for the world.
Mead begins by analyzing America’s historical approach to the world—by no means perfect, but reasonably moral and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Shadow Warriors
The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender
Written by Kenneth R. Timmerman
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $25.95
“An alarming but necessary book that reads like a thriller. By raising uncomfortable questions, Ken Timmerman has performed a significant public service.”
–Michael Medved, nationally syndicated talk radio host
Some have called it the CIA’s greatest covert operation of all time.
It is an intelligence war conducted behind the scenes, aimed at confusing... Read more >
The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender
Written by Kenneth R. Timmerman
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $25.95
“An alarming but necessary book that reads like a thriller. By raising uncomfortable questions, Ken Timmerman has performed a significant public service.”
–Michael Medved, nationally syndicated talk radio host
Some have called it the CIA’s greatest covert operation of all time.
It is an intelligence war conducted behind the scenes, aimed at confusing... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Shadow Warriors
The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender
Written by Kenneth R. Timmerman
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $14.95
“An alarming but necessary book that reads like a thriller. By raising uncomfortable questions, Ken Timmerman has performed a significant public service.”
–Michael Medved, nationally syndicated talk radio host
Some have called it the CIA’s greatest covert operation of all time.
It is an intelligence war conducted behind the scenes, aimed at confusing... Read more >
The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender
Written by Kenneth R. Timmerman
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $14.95
“An alarming but necessary book that reads like a thriller. By raising uncomfortable questions, Ken Timmerman has performed a significant public service.”
–Michael Medved, nationally syndicated talk radio host
Some have called it the CIA’s greatest covert operation of all time.
It is an intelligence war conducted behind the scenes, aimed at confusing... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Looming Tower
Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Written by Lawrence Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $17.00
National Book Award Finalist
A Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year
A gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the... Read more >
Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Written by Lawrence Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $17.00
National Book Award Finalist
A Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year
A gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the... Read more >
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The Al Qaeda Reader
Edited by Raymond Ibrahim
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $15.95
What do our enemies believe? What motivates their war against the West? What is their vision of the ideal Islamic society? Surprisingly, more than five years after 9/11, there is very little understanding of these questions.
Despite our tendency to dismiss Islamic extremism as profoundly irrational, al-Qaeda is not without a... Read more >
Edited by Raymond Ibrahim
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $15.95
What do our enemies believe? What motivates their war against the West? What is their vision of the ideal Islamic society? Surprisingly, more than five years after 9/11, there is very little understanding of these questions.
Despite our tendency to dismiss Islamic extremism as profoundly irrational, al-Qaeda is not without a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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