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The Field of Fight

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by Lieutenant General (Ret. ) Michael T. Flynn

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.

  Author photographs: © DIA Public Affairs (Flynn); © Foundation for Defense of Democracies (Ledeen).

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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

  The views expressed in this book are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.

  THE FIELD OF FIGHT. Copyright © 2016 by Michael T. Flynn and Michael Ledeen. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  Cover design by David Curtis

  Cover photographs: man © Militarist / Shutterstock; landscape © Radiokafka / Shutterstock; flag © bibphoto / Shutterstock

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  First Edition: July 2106

 

 

 


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