Global Jihad and America: The Hundred-Year War Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan

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Global Jihad and America questions the assumption if Islamist terrorism, or “Global Jihad,” poses the biggest threat to modern civilization in the East and West. It explores if Islamic and Western civilizations, being “incompatible” to each other, are destined to be at loggerheads. Consequently, the book argues that state-sponsored terrorism and proxy wars—not terrorist acts by “non-state actors”—will pose the biggest security threat to the world.  This study does not suggest that the world has already reached the cul-de-sac of its destiny with no point of return. Both America and the Muslim World can play important roles to avert the catastrophe. Meanwhile, the gap between the needy and the rich and powerful is widening. Throughout history, sections of the rich and powerful have manipulated wars in the name of peace and justice, religion and freedom. So the big question now is: with America and its allies waging a “war on terror and extremism” and their Muslim adversaries defending honor and religion, is a disaster looming?   Cover Praise for Global Jihad and America Contents Preface and Acknowledgments 1 - Introduction 2 - Dynamics of Islam and Islamism: Allah’s Law versus Mullah’s Law 3 - Global Muslims’ Triple Jeopardy: Islamophobia, Israel, and Globalization 4 - Is the American Empire “Exceptional”? 5 - Global Jihad: Philosophies and Flashpoints 6 - The Eye of the Storm: “Jihad” and Proxy Wars in South Asia 7 - Another Eye of the Storm: The Middle East and Northwest Africa 8 - Conclusion Index About the Author