Modern Islamic Warfare: An Ancient Doctrine Marches On
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (988 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073SVHFFG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 438 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Harold Rhode received a Ph.D. He is currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute. . He spent many years living in the Muslim World—learning their respective languages and absorbing their cultures. in Islamic History from Columbia University, and he remains a faithful student of Professor Bernard Lewis. Rhode served for 28 years in the United States Office of the Secretary of Defense as an advisor on Islamic affairs
Knowing that Western civilization has been for many centuries squarely in the sights of the Global Islamic Movement—with countless engagements large and small on battlefields across the globe attesting to the implacable will of the Islamic enemy to defeat and subjugate us—it would seem to behoove us to examine the cultural, military, political, religious and social currents within Islam that inspire its relentless drive for supremacy. Even more specifically, if we are to avoid the fate of countless others who have succumbed to this onslaught, we need also to study and confront the Islamic style of warfare.That is particularly true insofar as the 21st Century is shaping up to be a time of accelerating attacks by the forces of Islam. ISIS’ “Caliph” Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and followers have simply brought to bear for this purpose the modern-day equivalents of camels, horses, swords, spears, catapults and mangonels. Humvees, armored cars and machine-gun-mounted pickup trucks; artillery, the use of automatic rifles, rockets, missiles and mortars in fire-and-maneuver warfare; and deadly attacks with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and car bombs.Violent Islamic warfare is increas
Rhode served for 28 years in the United States Office of the Secretary of Defense as an advisor on Islamic affairs. He is currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute. He spent many years living in the Muslim World—learning their respective languages and absorbing their cultures. in Islamic History from Columbia University, and he remains a fait