Despite increasingly frantic calls for western leaders to 'understand Islam better', there is still a critical distinction that needs to be made between 'Islam'... » 

Despite increasingly frantic calls for western leaders to 'understand Islam better', there is still a critical distinction that needs to be made between 'Islam' as religion and 'Islamism' in the sense of militant mindset. This book states that a proper understanding of Islamism will help the western powers defeat the jihadi threat. «