America's Holy War

By Joint Forces Staff College

This paper examines America's strategic policy to combat terrorism. The paper identifies that the current national strategy is strategically flawed by misidentifying the true enemy the nation faces and that The Global War On Terrorism is a national policy/strategy to combat a ?tactic? used by Islamic Extremists vice focusing on the true enemy, the Muslim population that supports this Holy War in the name of Islam.First, the strategic flaw of the GWOT as a national strategy will be identified followed by an in-depth review of the GWOT. Next, the goals and strategy of Islam and Islamic Extremist are reviewed, and then contrasted to the United States goals. Shortfalls of the United States GWOT policy in combating the Holy War are identified and a new proposed strategy to combat the ideology of Islam and the Muslim support base is provided. A short case study to demonstrate the ramifications of appeasement and misidentifying the strategic enemy is incorporated for historical reference

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508939411
• ISBN13: 9781508939412
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"