interrogation of members of
life of people in
online skills
opposition within
propaganda of
Radical Islamist motivation of
rise of
similarity to Communist dictatorships
terror acts of
in war against the West
Islamists
the word, forbidden to be used
See also Radical Islamists
Islamophilia
Islamophobia
Israel
as U.S. ally
Italy
Japanese in World War II
Jews
jihad
belief in inevitable victory of
denying existence of
jihadi terrorists
evil of (porn watching, rape, beheadings)
getting inside the mind of
See also Radical Islamists
Johnson, Lyndon
Johnson, Samuel
Jordan
as U.S. ally
Joscelyn, Thomas
Judeo-Christian ethic
Kandahar Province
Karzai, Ahmed Wali
Karzai, Hamid
Kenney, Jim
Kenya
KGB
former officers of, in terror network
Khameini, Ali
Khan, A. Q.
Khobar Towers bombing
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khrushchev, Nikita
Kirkpatrick, Jeane
Koran
Kramer, Martin
Kurds
Kyrgyzstan
Lafayette, Marquis de
Lake, Eli
Lamb, Graeme
land battles
Laqueur, Walter
leadership
need for
presidential
Lebanon
Ledeen, Simone
Libya
Lincoln, Abraham
Machiavelli
madrassas (religious schools)
Marine Corps
Marxism-Leninism
McCarthy, Andy
McChrystal, Stanley
McGurk, Brett
McNeill, Dan
messianic mass movements, defeating
Middle East, unraveling of
military force, authorization for use of
Molinari, Maurizio
money laundering
Mosul
Mubarak, Hosni
Mughniyah, Imad
Muhammad, Prophet
mujahedin
Mullen, Mike
Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNFI)
Murawiec, Laurent
music, forbidden
Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim countries
bringing good governance to
constitutions of, based on Sharia
Muslim Reform Movement
Muslim world, a failed civilization
Mussolini, Benito
narcotics smuggling
National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC)
National Security Agency (NSA)
Nazism
defeat of
Netanyahu, Benjamin
New York City Police Department
Nicaragua
9/11. See September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
Noorzai, Mohammad
North Korea
nuclear weapons
Obama, Barack
Objective Larchwood
Objective Rivergate
O’Connell, Tom (“OC”)
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
O’Grady, Lt. Col.
oil
Oman
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Uphold Democracy
Operation Urgent Fury
Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Orton, Kyle
Pakistan
Palestine (1920s and 30s)
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Panama
Paraguay
Paris, terror attacks of November 13, 2015
Pattern Analysis
Petraeus, David
Philippines, U.S. in
poetry, forbidden
Poland
political correctness (PC)
politics, religion in
Pope Air Force Base
pornography, viewed by Islamists
Powell, Colin
Powell Doctrine
president, U.S.
election of 2016
leadership role of
proxy wars
Putin, Vladimir
Quds Force
Radical Islamists
attacking their theological doctrines
avoiding criticism of
believe victory is inevitable
bloody brutality of
digital warfare against
ideological war against
intelligence about
in Iraq
life under
political aims of
recruitment methods of
in Russia
in Saudi Arabia
in U.S.
waging a shooting war against
in war against the West
websites of
and women
written timetable for global victory
al-Rahmi, Qasim
Ramadi
Ranger training
Rasmussen, Anders Fogh
Razziq, Abdul
Reagan, Ronald
Reformation
Islamic
Protestant, 9–
religion
European wars of
in politics
religious fanatics, and support of tyrants
Revolutionary War (U.S.)
Rochambeau, Count de
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Ross, Richard
ROTC
Rouhani, Hassan
rules of engagement
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russia
and Iran
member of anti-West alliance
Russian Federation
counter-terrorist actions of
Radical Islam in
Russian Orthodox Church
al-Sadat, Anwar
Saddam University for Islamic Studies
Salahaddin
San Bernardino CA
Sandinistas
Satter, David
Saudi Arabia
enabling of Radical Islam
as U.S. ally
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
Sharia law
in America
Shelton, Hugh
Shi’ites
militia groups
signals intelligence (SIGINT)
Sinai
Singapore
singing, forbidden
el-Sisi, Abdel Fattah
al-Sistani, Ali
social media
Somalia
Somozans
South American Tri-Border Area
Soviet Empire
countries leaving
end of
Soviet Union
in Afghanistan
in Cold War
Communism in
Special Forces
special operations (U.S. military)
spies
Stalin, Josef
State Department, U.S.
Sudan
suicide bombings
Sunnis
insurgents
Sun Tzu
Surge, the
Syria
domestic opponents within
foreign fighters in
U.S. operations in
Sysoyev, Yevgeny
Taheri, Amir
Tajikistan
Taliban. See also Radical Islamists
Tanzania
Task Force 714
technology
on the battlefield
terrorists skilled in
> terror attacks
annual deaths in
terrorism
failure to contain
financing of
Iran’s sponsorship of
terrorists
capturing and converting of
dismantling networks of
failings of, impeding victory
Iranian training manual for
online skills
in war against the West
Third World
Thornberry, Mac
Tocqueville, Alexis de
Torkham Gate
totalitarianism
defeat of
Treasury Department
truth, search for, banned in Islam
Tunisia
al-Turabi, Hassan
Turkey
Twitter
tyrants
fanatical
friendly to U.S.
instability of
United States
allies of
called on by Iranian protesters for support
counter-ISIS effort
declared enemies of
foreign policy of
Islamists in
United States Central Command, Tampa
U.S. Cyber Command
velvet revolution
Venezuela
Vietcong
Vietnam War
Vines, J. R.
Wail, Abu
war
desire and will to win
of ideas, using words and pictures
the normal condition of mankind
winning on the ground
war against the West
members of the enemy alliance
the reality of
strategy needed to win
War on Terror (2001-)
Washington, George
Westmoreland, William
women
Islamist attitude toward
in Muslim countries
World Trade Center, 1993 attack
World War II
Yemen
Yorktown, Battle of
al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab
al-Zawahiri, Ayman
About the Authors
Michael T. Flynn spent more than thirty-three years as an intelligence officer. Before he was terminated from government service, he served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Senior Military Intelligence Officer in the Department of Defense. He has since founded the Flynn Intel Group, a commercial, government, and international intelligence security and cyber firm specializing in defense, diplomacy, and development initiatives. He lives in Virginia. You can sign up for email updates here.
Michael Ledeen is the author of more than thirty-five books, most recently Accomplice to Evil and Virgil’s Golden Egg and Other Neapolitan Miracles. He is Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and served as Special Advisor to the Secretary of State and consultant to the National Security Council during the Reagan administration. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Making of an Intel Officer
2 War Fighting
3 The Enemy Alliance
4 How to Win
Conclusion
Suggested Reading
Index
About the Authors
Copyright
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