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Walid Phares concludes Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America with a passage that could have been excised verbatim from one of President Bush’s post-9/11 speeches. Referring to the struggle against Islamic fundamentalism, Phares declares that “many visionary people in the West and many more brave people in the Muslim world will contribute. This will decide if future jihads end up with mushroom clouds around the world, or if peace, democracy, and freedom mushroom worldwide.” Apocalyptic admonishments like this pervade Future Jihad, a flawed, but nonetheless critical piece of work. Phares, a professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University and...

From the editor's review Palgrave/St Martin This book presents a frightening new picture of what we can expect from terrorists in the future. Phares shows that there has been a fundamental misunderstanding about al Qaeda's ultimate goal in the West and what victory means to jihadists. Called by the press, 'the only person who really can read the minds of terrorists', Phares is uniquely qualified to identify the aims and strategies of the organizations waging war on the West. He answers such critical questions as: How long will this war last? Is the United States secure on the inside? Will...