| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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3 | (28) |
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4 | (2) |
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Political Islam - Remembering Andalusia |
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6 | (10) |
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`Reformers' and Reactionaries |
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16 | (4) |
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Turkey: West's Bridge to Islam, or Islam's Bridgehead to Europe? |
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20 | (3) |
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23 | (8) |
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Chapter Two Desert Tsunami - The Arabs Rebel |
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31 | (22) |
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Playing Dominos in a Hurricane |
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32 | (4) |
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36 | (3) |
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Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (5) |
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Scorecard: Be Careful What You Wish For |
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46 | (7) |
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Chapter Three Dumbing Down America |
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53 | (92) |
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Media: Is All News, Like Politics, Local? |
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55 | (24) |
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Schools: What the Kids Don't Know Will Hurt Them |
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79 | (7) |
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Churches: Onward Christian Soldiers! |
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86 | (8) |
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Entertainment I Playing `Nintendo' for Keeps |
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94 | (4) |
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Entertainment II Scary Movies for Our Next War |
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98 | (13) |
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Universities: The Egghead Wars |
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111 | (4) |
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Books: Reading More, or Less, on Tablet Toys? |
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115 | (4) |
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Congress: Its Own Little America |
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119 | (1) |
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Flying Low Over the Potomac |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (4) |
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No Place for Politics - Just Pettifoggery |
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126 | (3) |
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The World's Greatest Democracy Except for Quite a Few Others |
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129 | (4) |
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Money - the Mother's Milk of Politics |
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133 | (3) |
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Wall Street and the Washington Consensus |
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136 | (3) |
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Lobbies - Ain't It a Shame? |
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139 | (2) |
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Cosmopolitanism Doesn't Trickle Down |
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141 | (4) |
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PART II WHAT'S GOING WRONG |
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145 | (104) |
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Chapter Four Shoot First, Think Latfr (Maybe) |
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147 | (58) |
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Running the World ... While Sleep-walking |
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147 | (5) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (9) |
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Post-1945 Hubris Sets the Stage |
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162 | (9) |
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Iraq: `Operation Enduring Occupation' |
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171 | (2) |
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Shock, Awe, and Mercenaries: the New American Way of War |
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173 | (8) |
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The Other Iraq War: "Tnfoganda" |
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181 | (6) |
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Boots versus Sandals: the Psychology of Asymmetrical War |
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187 | (3) |
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Drones, Phones and Internet: Asymmetrical Technology |
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190 | (3) |
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Why (Obviously) the Locals Always Win |
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193 | (5) |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (5) |
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Chapter Five Drinking The Saudi Kool-Aid |
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205 | (27) |
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206 | (6) |
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212 | (2) |
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Holding Hands in Crawford |
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214 | (10) |
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OPEC: Fill `er Up, at Whatever Price We Want |
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224 | (1) |
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Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a Crown |
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225 | (7) |
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Chapter Six Europe-America Disconnect |
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232 | (17) |
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Islam's Early European Rise and Fall |
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233 | (2) |
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Colonialism's Bitter Fruits |
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235 | (3) |
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Twin Failures of `Integration' |
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238 | (7) |
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U.S. and Islam - Say Little, Think Less |
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245 | (4) |
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PART III WHAT COULD GO MUCH BETTER |
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249 | (140) |
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Chapter Seven Indispensable `Impossibilities' |
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251 | (40) |
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Pass the Ammunition ... Forever |
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251 | (2) |
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Clearing the Decks With Obama? |
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253 | (38) |
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1 Settle Israel-Palestine |
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255 | (5) |
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2 Sort Out "AfPak" - Cockpit of Armageddon? |
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260 | (5) |
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3 Cure U.S. Oil Addiction |
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265 | (4) |
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269 | (6) |
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5 Avoid a New "Operation Enduring Occupation" |
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275 | (4) |
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6 Entice the Saudis to Join the World |
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279 | (5) |
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284 | (7) |
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Chapter Eight Maybe Common Sense As Policy? |
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291 | (22) |
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Smarter-than-"Strong" Defense: Resist and Reconcile |
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292 | (2) |
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Education: It's All in the Mind, Heart... and Jobs |
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294 | (6) |
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Find Peace Through Culture, Not Technology |
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300 | (3) |
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Taking Care of Business: Open Markets, Micro-credit, Training |
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303 | (3) |
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Getting the Message: Media To Excite and Reconcile |
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306 | (7) |
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Chapter Nine Free The Women, Save The World |
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313 | (26) |
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Open Season on Girls and Women |
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313 | (3) |
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Educate a Girl: Educate a Family, a Village, a Country |
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316 | (5) |
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321 | (5) |
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Diamonds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend |
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326 | (5) |
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331 | (8) |
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Chapter Ten Fight Cheaper And Smarter Or Fight Forever |
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339 | (50) |
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Two Frightfully Sincere Men of Religion |
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339 | (2) |
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Einstein's Nightmare and Ours |
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341 | (5) |
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A Cheaper Date With Destiny |
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346 | (3) |
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349 | (3) |
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It's Still About the Economy, Stupid! |
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352 | (6) |
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Talking With the Muslim World, Not At It |
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358 | (4) |
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Leading from Behind: (Muslim) Allies With Answers |
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362 | (8) |
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Give Peace a Chance: Dilute the Testosterone |
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370 | (4) |
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American Jihad: Resistance and Reconciliation |
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374 | (6) |
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Three Voices of Reason: restraint, engagement, liberation |
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380 | (9) |
| Further Reading |
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