Berto Jongman recommends….
Understanding History's Seven Stages of Jihad
by Sebnastian L.v. Gorka
CTC Sentinel October 2009 V 2 I 10 pp. 15-17
Phi Beta Iota: The Counterterrorism Center (CTC) at West Point has been doing extraordinary work of very high value to the U.S. Central Command, with an emphasis on understanding.
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The author opens with the four kinds of jihad (heart, mind, tongue, sword), and the lists the seven historically-driven politically-defined jihads of the sword, and closes with a discussion. Over three pages, this is first class thinking.
The seven jihads of the sword:
