Winning the unwinnable war
Subtitle: America's self-crippled response to Islamic totalitarianism
By: edited by Elan Journo.
Contributors: Journo, Elan, 1976-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780739135402; 9780739135419; 9780739135426
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Jihad; United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East; Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States
Description: "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 security. Owing to the significant influence of Just War Theory and neoconservatism, the Bush administration consciously put the imperative of shielding civilians and bringing elections to them above the goal of eliminating real threats to our security. Consequently, this policy left our enemies stronger, and America weaker than before."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.