Posted on 04/24/2009 3:02:43 PM PDT by Cindy
Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice, Jarrett M. Brachman. (Routledge: New York & London, 2009), 212 pp.
Reviewed by Paul Kamolnick, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology at East Tennessee State University
Jarret Brachman, a former Fellow in the Central Intelligence Agency's Counterterrorist Center, has openly declared that the single greatest tactical failing in the current War on Terrorism is the institutional failure to strategically analyze as war fighting creed, doctrine and strategy of the global jihadist movement. During his tenure as leader of the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at the United States Military Academy, West Point, he worked with his staff and senior scholars to change the military’s understanding of global jihadist terrorism.
No longer at the CTC, Brachman has taken his years of scholarly research and real-world experience and authored a remarkable and valuable resource for scholars interested in the phenomenon of global jihadist terrorism, Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice. Brachman’s book is a major contribution to jihadi strategic studies and will be invaluable to academic researchers and military strategists whose knowledge of global jihadism is lacking, grossly inadequate, or circumscribed by a suicidal political correctness.
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BOOK:
Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice (Political Violence) (Paperback)
by Jarret M. Brachman (Author)
Thank you Joe ProBono.
Sounds like an interesting read/study. Thanks for posting, Cindy.
I agree! Must find a copy.
Dr. Brachman also has a blog.
I’m posting snippets of some of his blog entries here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222635/posts
Thanks very much for the link in post #7, Cindy. Very interesting.
You’re welcome.
Just started reading it and it’s already on my “Must Read” list.
Good and it does look interesting, Valin.
“Good and it does look interesting, Valin.”
Oh Yeah! Really Really Good!
(Note: Don’t get it from Barnes and Noble, for some reason they only have the hardcover $170.00. Amazon and Borders have the paperback $35.00.
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