The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies (19 page)

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Authors: Lieutenant General (Ret.) Michael T. Flynn,Michael Ledeen

Campbell, John F.

Carter, Jimmy

Casey, George

Castro brothers

Catholics

cell phones, used in terror attacks

censorship of analysts

CENTCOM (Central Command for the war in the Middle East)

Central America

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Chavez, Hugo

Chechnya

China

Churchill, Winston

civilizations, war of

clerical fascism

Clinton, Bill

Clinton, Hillary

Cold War

Commander of the North

Communism

defeat of

in Grenada

International

in Iran

in Palestine (1920s and 30s)

Soviet

in war against the West

Congress for Cultural Freedom

Congressional investigations

Connable, Alfred R.

Constitution, U.S.

Cornwallis, Charles

corruption

counter-terrorism

criminal networks, and financing of terrorism

crusaders

Cuba

Czech Republic

Dabiq, Syria

death, worship of

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

democracy

contempt for, among our enemies

foreign policy a weakness of

dictators/strongmen, extolled by our enemies

digital warfare

diplomacy

Diyala

Djibouti

documents, enemy, information from

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

East Africa embassy bombings (1998)

Egypt

as U.S. ally

Ekhtesari, Fatime

electronic warfare

executions, Islamic

Facebook

Faith Campaign (Iraq)

Fallahian, Ali

Fallujah

Fascism

defeat of

Fatah

Fedayeen Saddam

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

“field of fight” (Homer)

Flynn, Charlie

Flynn, Helen

Flynn, Michael T. (author)

arrest and probation as youth

birth family

career in military intelligence

college years

Grenada operation

Foley, Laurence

foreign policy

of democracies

U.S.

foreign terrorists in the Middle East

Fort Bragg NC

Fort Devens MA

Fort Huachuca AZ

Fort Polk LA

France

in Algeria

and the American Revolution

as U.S. ally

Francis, Pope

Freeh, Louis

Free Syrian Army

Friendship Gate

Fumento, Michael

Gates, Robert

Gaza

George (terrorist)

Germany

modern

Nazi

Global Coalition to Counter ISIL

Google

Google Maps

Gorbachev, Mikhail

Gore, Al

Grand Mosque, Mecca

Grant, Ulysses S.

Green Movement (Iran)

Grenada

Grishin, Aleksey

guerrilla war

Haiti

Hamas

Haqqani

Hartnett, Jesse

Hayes, Stephen

headscarves

Helmand Province

Hezbollah

hijab

history

belief in inevitability of

end of

Hitler, Adolf

Homeland Security

Honduras

human intelligence (HUMINT)

Hungary

Hussein, Saddam, regime of

al-Husseini, Amin, grand mufti of Jerusalem

ideologies

regimes and movements driven by

waging war against

illiteracy in the Muslim world

imperialism

India

Indonesia

infidels

information

bad, dishonest

from captured documents

classified and suppressed

real-time, actionable

Ingush

innovators and risk takers

intelligence

failures of

increased importance of

politicization of

supporting war fighting

truthful

intelligence agencies (NSA, CIA, DIA) “three-letter”

intelligence professionals, abilities needed by

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

Internet

Internet service providers (ISPs)

interrogation

real-time, connected with operations

Iran

anti-American actions of

capture of American ships by (January 2015)

central to the anti-West alliance

Communist Party of (Tudeh)

espionage in U.S.

failure of country

intelligence about

in Iraq

Islamic Republic of

nuclear program

opposition within

oppression of citizens in

poetry forbidden in

and Russia

sanctions on banks and trading companies of

shah overthrown

terrorism sponsored by

U.S. failure to challenge

weapons from

Iranian Revolution (1979)

Iranian Revolutionary Guards

Iran-Iraq War

Iraq

Islam in

Iraq War (2003)

Iran’s involvement in

a mistake

Radical Islamists in

U.S. departure from (2011)

U.S. success in

Islam

avoiding criticism of

politicization of

precepts of

reformation of, urged

Sunni vs. Shi’ite

Islamic Jihad

Islamic State (ISIS)

allies of

believe victory is inevitable

criminal activities of

intentions of

interrogation of members of

life of people in

online skills

opposition within

propaganda of

Radical Islamist motivation of

rise of

similarity to Communist dictatorships

terror acts of

in war against the West

Islamists

the word, forbidden to be used

See also
Radical Islamists

Islamophilia

Islamophobia

Israel

as U.S. ally

Italy

Japanese in World War II

Jews

jihad

belief in inevitable victory of

denying existence of

jihadi terrorists

evil of (porn watching, rape, beheadings)

getting inside the mind of

See also
Radical Islamists

Johnson, Lyndon

Johnson, Samuel

Jordan

as U.S. ally

Joscelyn, Thomas

Judeo-Christian ethic

Kandahar Province

Karzai, Ahmed Wali

Karzai, Hamid

Kenney, Jim

Kenya

KGB

former officers of, in terror network

Khameini, Ali

Khan, A. Q.

Khobar Towers bombing

Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah

Khrushchev, Nikita

Kirkpatrick, Jeane

Koran

Kramer, Martin

Kurds

Kyrgyzstan

Lafayette, Marquis de

Lake, Eli

Lamb, Graeme

land battles

Laqueur, Walter

leadership

need for

presidential

Lebanon

Ledeen, Simone

Libya

Lincoln, Abraham

Machiavelli

madrassas (religious schools)

Marine Corps

Marxism-Leninism

McCarthy, Andy

McChrystal, Stanley

McGurk, Brett

McNeill, Dan

messianic mass movements, defeating

Middle East, unraveling of

military force, authorization for use of

Molinari, Maurizio

money laundering

Mosul

Mubarak, Hosni

Mughniyah, Imad

Muhammad, Prophet

mujahedin

Mullen, Mike

Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNFI)

Murawiec, Laurent

music, forbidden

Muslim Brotherhood

Muslim countries

bringing good governance to

constitutions of, based on Sharia

Muslim Reform Movement

Muslim world, a failed civilization

Mussolini, Benito

narcotics smuggling

National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC)

National Security Agency (NSA)

Nazism

defeat of

Netanyahu, Benjamin

New York City Police Department

Nicaragua

9/11.
See
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

Noorzai, Mohammad

North Korea

nuclear weapons

Obama, Barack

Objective Larchwood

Objective Rivergate

O’Connell, Tom (“OC”)

Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

O’Grady, Lt. Col.

oil

Oman

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Operation Uphold Democracy

Operation Urgent Fury

Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Orton, Kyle

Pakistan

Palestine (1920s and 30s)

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

Panama

Paraguay

Paris, terror attacks of November 13, 2015

Pattern Analysis

Petraeus, David

Philippines, U.S. in

poetry, forbidden

Poland

political correctness (PC)

politics, religion in

Pope Air Force Base

pornography, viewed by Islamists

Powell, Colin

Powell Doctrine

president, U.S.

election of 2016

leadership role of

proxy wars

Putin, Vladimir

Quds Force

Radical Islamists

attacking their theological doctrines

avoiding criticism of

believe victory is inevitable

bloody brutality of

digital warfare against

ideological war against

intelligence about

in Iraq

life under

political aims of

recruitment methods of

in Russia

in Saudi Arabia

in U.S.

waging a shooting war against

in war against the West

websites of

and women

written timetable for global victory

al-Rahmi, Qasim

Ramadi

Ranger training

Rasmussen, Anders Fogh

Razziq, Abdul

Reagan, Ronald

Reformation

Islamic

Protestant, 9–

religion

European wars of

in politics

religious fanatics, and support of tyrants

Revolutionary War (U.S.)

Rochambeau, Count de

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Ross, Richard

ROTC

Rouhani, Hassan

rules of engagement

Rumsfeld, Donald

Russia

and Iran

member of anti-West alliance

Russian Federation

counter-terrorist actions of

Radical Islam in

Russian Orthodox Church

al-Sadat, Anwar

Saddam University for Islamic Studies

Salahaddin

San Bernardino CA

Sandinistas

Satter, David

Saudi Arabia

enabling of Radical Islam

as U.S. ally

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

Sharia law

in America

Shelton, Hugh

Shi’ites

militia groups

signals intelligence (SIGINT)

Sinai

Singapore

singing, forbidden

el-Sisi, Abdel Fattah

al-Sistani, Ali

social media

Somalia

Somozans

South American Tri-Border Area

Soviet Empire

countries leaving

end of

Soviet Union

in Afghanistan

in Cold War

Communism in

Special Forces

special operations (U.S. military)

spies

Stalin, Josef

State Department, U.S.

Sudan

suicide bombings

Sunnis

insurgents

Sun Tzu

Surge, the

Syria

domestic opponents within

foreign fighters in

U.S. operations in

Sysoyev, Yevgeny

Taheri, Amir

Tajikistan

Taliban.
See also
Radical Islamists

Tanzania

Task Force 714

technology

on the battlefield

terrorists skilled in

terror attacks

annual deaths in

terrorism

failure to contain

financing of

Iran’s sponsorship of

terrorists

capturing and converting of

dismantling networks of

failings of, impeding victory

Iranian training manual for

online skills

in war against the West

Third World

Thornberry, Mac

Tocqueville, Alexis de

Torkham Gate

totalitarianism

defeat of

Treasury Department

truth, search for, banned in Islam

Tunisia

al-Turabi, Hassan

Turkey

Twitter

tyrants

fanatical

friendly to U.S.

instability of

United States

allies of

called on by Iranian protesters for support

counter-ISIS effort

declared enemies of

foreign policy of

Islamists in

United States Central Command, Tampa

U.S. Cyber Command

velvet revolution

Venezuela

Vietcong

Vietnam War

Vines, J. R.

Wail, Abu

war

desire and will to win

of ideas, using words and pictures

the normal condition of mankind

winning on the ground

war against the West

members of the enemy alliance

the reality of

strategy needed to win

War on Terror (2001-)

Washington, George

Westmoreland, William

women

Islamist attitude toward

in Muslim countries

World Trade Center, 1993 attack

World War II

Yemen

Yorktown, Battle of

al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab

al-Zawahiri, Ayman

 

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