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This book by author, lawyer, Middle East historian and human rights activist Anthony J.Dennis brilliantly conveys to the reader the agenda and political objectives of Muslim fundamentalist movements throughout North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. After closely and carefully defining the commonly used term "fundamentalist," Dennis examines fundamentalist Islam as an increasingly popular revolutionary ideology. He analyzes the fundamentalists' impressive recent electoral gains and exposes fundamentalist Islam as more than a domestic political phenomenon. It is, in fact, an aggressive ideology characterized by 1) a high degree of self-consciousness, coordination and planning among participants from many different nations (Dennis thoroughly documents and describes several conferences and transnational activities), 2) a specialized revolutionary vocabulary (e.g. "the Great Satan", "global arrogance"), and iii) a "game plan" for regional conquest (again, Dennis provides exhaustive details and supporting footnotes in support of this conclusion).

This book is a thoughtful and unique meditation on the potential for radical Islam to provide the essential "glue" that may lead to the creation of an Islamic confederation which would be profoundly hostile (according to their own words and deeds) to Western society and interests. As such, it is the only book in existence to date which gives serious and explicit attention to the intriguing question of whether the Soviet Union's death (which created both a power and an ideological vaccuum, according to Dennis) and the end of the Cold War will lead to the "birth" of new nations or empires as yet unknown.

This book has received a tremendous level of interest from the public, generated largely by the author's appearances on a number of syndicated television and talk radio shows and by the early, favorable notice the book received in the prestigious weekly news magazine National Journal.

The public endorsements the book received from various former senior government officials, senior U.S. diplomats and foreign policy specialists, which are displayed on the inside front cover and back cover of the book, also underscore the significance and seriousness of this title.