Winning the unwinnable war [electronic resource] : America's self-crippled response to Islamic totalitarianism / edited by Elan Journo.

"Winning the Unwinnable War shows how our own policy ideas led to 9/11 and then crippled our response in the Middle East, and it makes the case for an unsettling conclusion. By subordinating military victory to perverse, allegedly moral constraints, Washington's policy has undermined our national se...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Journo, Elan, 1976-
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009.
Subjects:	September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. Jihad. United States > Foreign relations > Middle East. Middle East > Foreign relations > United States.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2009 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2009 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Winning the Unwinnable War: America's Self-crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Introduction : An unwinnable war?
The road to 9/11 / Elan Journo
What motivates the jihad on America / Elan Journo
The "forward strategy" for failure / Yaron Brook and Elan Journo
"Just war theory" vs. American self-defense / Yaron Brook and Alex Epstein
Neoconservative foreign policy : an autopsy / Yaron Brook and Alex Epstein
Eight years after 9/11 : an appraisal / Elan Journo
The road to victory : a radical change in U.S. Mideast policy / Elan Journo.