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1 online resource (xvi, 190 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Introduction : asking strategic questions -- Our intellectual pedigree : the search for strategic insight -- On Islam and Christendom : comparisons and imperatives -- In the mind of the faithful : identity, trauma, and ressentiment, and transnational Islamic revival -- In the mind of the enemy : the revolutionary Islamic vanguard -- Conclusion : seven propositions for recovering strategic insight |
| Summary |
Democracy refuses to think strategically unless and until compelled to do so for the purposes of defense. In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. Why? This is the key question that has so far gone unanswered in the current struggle, the United States so-called global war on terrorism. It is the why questions that can be notoriously difficult to answer. It used to be the case in American secondary education, when pupils were taught how to write, that they were prompted to consider answering the traditional battery of basic questions: who, what, when, where, how, and why. In a general sense, the who-what-when-wherehow questions seem rather straightforward; they involve description, characterization, classification, or basic fact-finding. But the why question is in a category all of its own. It can pose the thorny challenge of uncovering more than just superficial reality. In terms of human behavior, it probes deeper and requires the writer to explore such concepts as meaning, truth, falsehood, intent, passion, and belief. It demands a completely different scope and level of reasoning. Over and above description, classification, or characterization, it requires analysis. In the fields of study that address human interaction for example in ethics, politics, international affairs, or warfare answering why questions involves penetrating the underlying cultural and metaphysical belief structures that serve to guide both individual and collective behavior |
| Notes |
"With the cooperation and support of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), USAF Academy, Colorado Springs" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Description based on online resource; PDF version, title from title page (NIU, viewed August 18, 2023) |
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Islam and state.
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Islam and politics -- Middle East -- History
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Religion and politics.
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Political science.
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Islam.
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International relations.
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Islam and politics
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Islam and state
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Politics and government
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Religion and politics
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Government and political science.
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Weapons.
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Students.
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Secondary.
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Fear.
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Terrorism.
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Democracy.
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Behavior.
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Data acquisition.
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Reasoning.
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Humans.
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Education.
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Warfare.
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Islamic countries -- Politics and government
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Islamic countries
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Middle East
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History
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Electronic book
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Center for Strategic Intelligence Research (U.S.), issuing body.
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USAF Institute for National Security Studies, issuing body.
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