Known best for his fiction centered in the Middle East and based in Christian end times beliefs, Rosenberg's nonfiction behemoth will be a bestseller among evangelicals. Rigorous research, travel and interviews with hundreds of Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders lends credibility to this survey of the spectrum of beliefs that drive foreign policy in nations such as Iran, on which the book focuses. Rosenberg divides Muslims into three types. Radical Islamists will stop at nothing short of dominating the world or destroying those who believe otherwise. Reformers believe radical Muslims have hijacked peaceful Islam for their own power-hungry and violent ends. Revivalists are Muslims or those living in predominantly Muslim countries who believe Islam is not the answer but that Jesus is the way. Rosenberg challenges Islamic eschatology without adequately comparing parallel Christian views. On the other hand, he is one of a few evangelicals who will put quotes from the Qur'an in context, has traveled widely and interviewed global leaders. This is one of the best primers for evangelical Christians to understand political Islam in the Middle East. (Mar. 10)
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Introduction: Not "If" but "When" XI
Part 1 the Radicals
Chapter 01 Worst-Case Scenario 3
Chapter 02 "Islam Is the Answer; Jihad Is the Way" 21
Chapter 03 The Theology of the Radicals 39
Chapter 04 "We Were Asleep" 53
Chapter 05 Tragedy at Desert One 71
Chapter 06 "We Must Export Our Revolution" 83
Chapter 07 Christmas in Kabul 97
Chapter 08 Declaring War on America 111
Chapter 09 Unleashing the Islamic Bomb 121
Chapter 10 Terror High 133
Chapter 11 Revolution 2.0 153
Chapter 12 Making Way for the Mahdi 171
Chapter 13 The Road Ahead 193
Part 2 the Reformers
Chapter 14 "Islam Is the Answer, but Jihad Is Not the Way" 215
Chapter 15 The Theology of the Reformers 229
Chapther 16 The Defector 239
Chapter 17 Meet Hamid Karzai 255
Chapter 18 Kaizai's Mission 267
Chapter 19 "We Are Fighting Islamic Fascists" 281
Chapter 20 Meet Jalal Talabani 299
Chapter 21 Talabani's Test 315
Chapter 22 The King and I 335
Chapter 23 The Moroccan Model 345
Part 3 the Revivalists
Chapter 24 "Islam Is Not the Answer, and Jihad Is Not the Way; Jesus Is the Way" 369
Chapter 25 The Big, Untold Story-Part One 385
Chapter 26 The Big, Untold Story-Part Two 395
Chapter 27 The Air War 413
Chapter 28 The Ground War-Part One 431
Chapter 29 The Ground War-Part Two 443
Chapter 30 The Theology of the Revivalists 457
Chapter 31 Making Way for the Messiah 477
Chapter 32 Join the Revolution 495
Appendix: 20 Terror Plots against America Foiled since 9/11 517
Endnotes 521
Index 545
Acknowledgments 549
Recommended Reading 555
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