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Since September 11, 2001, America has been at war. And that’s about all anyone can say with certainty about a conflict that has cost 7,000 American lives and almost $2 trillion. As long as the most basic strategic questions—Who is the enemy? Why are we fighting?—remain unanswered, victory is impossible.

Yet this war is eminently winnable if we remove our ideological blinders, accurately name our enemy, and draw up a strategy to defeat him. So says Dr. Sebastian Gorka, one of the most experienced and sought-after authorities on counterterrorism. Our enemy is not “terror” or “violent extremism.” Our enemy is the global jihadi movement, a modern totalitarian ideology rooted in the doctrines and martial history of Islam. Taking his cue from the formerly top-secret analyses that shaped the U.S. response to the communist threat, Dr. Gorka has produced a compelling profile of the jihadi movement—its mind and motivation—and a plan to defeat it.
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"Concise, clear, and constructively combative, Dr. Gorka's book stands apart in its depth of understanding of Islamist terrorists and what their ultimate defeat demands of us. Above all, his defiance of political correctness makes this well- written, finely argued work of immediate practical value. The author has presented us with an inspiring defense not merely of intellectual integrity--so lacking among today's intelligentsia--but of our civilization."
--RALPH PETERS, Fox News strategic analyst and author of Valley of the Shadow

"Dr. Sebastian Gorka is one of the world's leading experts in asymmetric warfare. In Defeating Jihad you get a glimpse of why his opinion matters in councils of war and in academia. He combines the perceptive with the analytic, the piercing intellect with the grit of real-world experience."
--STEPHEN K. BANNON, executive chairman of Breitbart News

"America is at war, an unconventional war against a new totalitarian enemy. Sebastian Gorka understands this kind of war and the mind of our new enemy. This book provides America with a strategy to destroy ISIS or any group that follows the ideology of global jihad."
--LT. GEN. CHARLES T. CLEVELAND, U.S. Army (Ret.), former Commanding General of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, home of the Green Berets

"For years Dr. Gorka has been telling the truth about the existential danger of jihadism. The threat is real and it is here in America. With ISIS even more danger- ous than Al Qaeda, it is time to listen to what this man has to say. Defeating Jihad must be the foundation of our next commander in chief's plan to win this war."
--CONGRESSMAN TRENT FRANKS (R-Ariz.), member of the House Armed Services Committee

"This is a tremendous book!"
--TRISH REAGAN, On Fox's The Intelligence Report

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THE WINNABLE WAR

Since September 11, 2001, America has been at war. And that’s about all anyone can say with certainty about a conflict that has cost 7,000 American lives and almost $2 trillion. As long as the most basic strategic questions—Who is the enemy? Why are we fighting?—remain unanswered, victory is impossible.

Yet this war is eminently winnable if we remove our ideological blinders and apply basic strategic principles. That means accu- rately naming the enemy, understanding his plan, and drawing up a strategy to defeat him. So says Dr. Sebastian Gorka, one of the most experienced and sought-after authorities on counterterrorism.

Our enemy is not “terror” or “violent extremism.” Our enemy is the global jihadi movement, a modern totalitarian ideology rooted in the doctrines and martial history of Islam. America has defeated totalitarian enemies before. Providing a desperately needed dose of clarity, Dr. Gorka shows how we can do it again.

He reveals how a toxic political agenda has corrupted our national security practices, precluding the kind of clear-eyed threat analysis and strategic response that led to victory in the Cold War. Bracing, troubling, but ultimately encouraging, Defeating Jihad fills that gap.

Taking his cue from the formerly top- secret analyses that shaped the U.S. response to the communist threat, Dr. Gorka has produced a compelling profile of the jihadi movement—its mind and motivation—and a plan to defeat it.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Regnery; First Edition (April 11, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1621574571
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1621574576
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1 x 8.25 inches
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Avaloswrld
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sebastian Gorka’s Long Telegram
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Dr. Gorka’s book is a cleverly argued case for winning the war against jihad. The author’s thesis is that we need to recognize that we are at war with jihad and that we should want to defeat it. Americans should stop accommodating jihad as an extension of our religious tolerance ethic. Jihadis really do intend to exterminate us.

The cleverest feature of Dr. Gorka’s argument is that we do not yet have the equivalent of George Kennan’s Long Telegram, which he reproduces in an eighteen page appendix. That message Dr. Gorka calls a case study in what the intelligence community refers to as an enemy threat doctrine analysis. Simply stated, what Defeating Jihad does is to update Kennan’s Long Telegram to define jihad as a threat doctrine, an imminent, existential one for America. It’s an inescapable, almost intuitive conclusion, made unnecessarily perplexing by the Obama Administration’s inability to grasp it.

Just as Paul Nitze’s NSC-68 constituted what intelligence analysts call a strategic response plan (responding to the conclusions Kennan reached), Dr. Gorka’s repurposed Long Telegram requires a comparable strategic response. This the author provides in a four and a half page Afterword (which could very well serve as the outline to a follow up book – or an updated NSC directive). It contains such prescriptions, again obvious to the politically literate reader, as designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, reimposing sanctions on Iran, recognizing the subversive objectives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and expanding human intelligence penetration into jihadist organizations. Above all the White House must recognize that jihadis are the enemy and that jihad is their threat doctrine. We are not in a war against terrorism or violent extremism; we are in a war against jihad. And there is no such thing as a lone wolf jihadi.

When this reviewer finished the last page of Defeating Jihad he reached for his iPhone and sent an email to President-elect Trump suggesting he designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 21st Century Long Telegram
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2016
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Clear and Concise articulation of the ideological struggle of our/US generation- Islamist Jihad. Dr Gorka relies heavily on comparisons to the 20th Century existential struggle with communism and the Soviet Union using George Kennan's assessment in his historic Long Telegram to the State Dept outlining the Soviet threat. Of note, Dr Gorka illuminates the roots of Islamist strategy for the war we are in and clearly outlines the ways and means to address the Islamic State threat. Does not go into as much detail about the internal struggles of Islam with Sunni-Shia, but provides excellent resources for increased study. Should be read by our military leaders but most importantly by our politicians and openly debated in our classrooms and our state rooms to rediscover who we are and what we stand for; you must know yourself and the enemy to win this struggle of our time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2016
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I got the audio version, since I commute. This book/audio is excellent if you are getting started trying to educate yourself about the subject. As for myself, I already had learned bits and pieces about the subject; however, if you want to learn more and/or convince others of the urgency of defeating jihad, then you want to corroborate/strengthen/back up your existing knowledge with multiple sources such as this one. For instance, I had already heard that our Subject Matter Experts-- before providing instruction to our military, CIA, etc.-- must first submit their lesson plans/materials to a faceless "review board" who can strike out anything "offensive" and even have that instructor cancelled. The self-censorship, which began in 2011, is one of many self-defeating problems we have created as a nation to tie our own hands behind our backs.
The authors begins the book with the account of Paul, someone close to the author, whose country of Hungary was overrun and occupied by Communists before the author was born. This introduction is stunning, and drives home the saying the freedom is priceless and fragile. The author comes across as very sincere, and toward the end he provides other resources the reader can turn to for more (often free) learning, such as the internet-based websites and reports, some of which he and his wife are editors/facilitators.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What a succinct analysis. This book is most important ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2016
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What a succinct analysis. This book is most important in preparing oneself for life in today's world. Gorka lays out the case for defeating jihad and defines what it is and what we must do to counter it. So critical is his emphasis that before understanding the enemy we must first understand who we are and what values we hold dear. I wish Obama, Kerry, H. Clinton, and their allies would read and take to heart this book. That would be the first step to a safer world for all of us. This book is also a critical read as one contemplates which unpopular candidate to vote for in upcoming presidential election. I have read the Koran and will continue reading the things Gorka recommends. By the way I also have my own copy of the constitution...LOL!
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Sea River
5.0 out of 5 stars OH defeating Jehad .....
Reviewed in Canada on February 11, 2022
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how you gonna defeat Jihad , it's my first name man.......and i won't let you defeat me ever , and remember what goes around comes around. today is yours , but tomorrow for sure is mine.
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Tarama
1.0 out of 5 stars Too long
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Content is interesting. However could be written in 10 pages. Hence boring book !
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jvm
5.0 out of 5 stars Concise, easy to read and informative
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2017
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I feel sorry for Sebastian Gorka because he's been subject to an onslaught of criticisms from the media and liberals alike because he works for the Trump administration (clear cut case of guilt by association). What most of them don't know is that he was an expert witness in the Boston marathon bomber case (during the Obama administration), has been studying this for an extremely long time and is educated the PhD level. If you're looking for an accessible book that provides a valuable overview of Islamic extremism this well worth a few hours of your time.
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Paola B.
4.0 out of 5 stars defeating Jihad: the winnable war
Reviewed in Italy on February 5, 2017
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Conversation-like tone kept throughout the book, although sometimes the vocabulary is not of the most common.
Important subject treated in an easy way; suitable for anybody
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