"A most compelling collection of historic facts regarding the origin of Islamic militancy and its devolvement to the current anti-Western jihadist terrorists-told in a most readable form. The thorough scholarly research by Don Sharpes, coupled with his on-the-ground personal experience, lay out an irrefutable foundation to counter those today who seem to be blinded by political correctness and are in denial that the Western Civilization is literally in a war for survival against the modern extremist followers of Mohammad. The reader should pay serious heed to Sharpes' conclusions " Major General Albert B. Crawford, US Army retired.