AN AMERICAN MILITARY VIEW OF ISLAMISM
“Islam, Islamism and Terrorism” by Colonel Norvelle B. De Atkine
The author is a retired ME area specialist for the U.S. Army. I would quibble with many of his characterizations – organizational techniques are not ” doctrine” for example – but he is correct that Islamism is not monolithic; it differs from conservative, traditionalist, ” fundamentalist” Islamic thought; the violent advocates of jihad have maximalist, takfiri-totalitarian aspirations and are highly selective in their reification of Quranic passages to suit political or tactical purposes.
Hat tip to Jedburgh of The Small Wars Council
January 8th, 2006 at 1:21 am
Interesting article. Annoying layout but interesting. I shall try to comment on it.
January 8th, 2006 at 4:34 am
I didn’t care for the layout either. PDF files are problematic enough for my work computer ( compensated though by the high speed color laser printer which alllows me to print out small books in a couple of minutes) and the back and forth to screen read it was irritating.
The Jedburgh guy however, digs up a fair number of good articles on a regular basis from the mil journals. Very useful.