America & Islam

Lawrence Pintak is an award-winning former CBS News Middle East correspondent and founding dean of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. He is the author of seven books at the intersection of religion, media and policy and holds a PhD in Islamic Studies.

• Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor’s Note Preface to the New EditionAbout the AuthorIntroduction Section I: Politics – The Muslim Bogeyman Chapter 1: Media Codependence Chapter 2: Prisoners of The Long War Chapter 3: The American Taliban Chapter 4: Cogitative Dissonance Chapter 5: The Morning After Section II: (Mis)Perceptions – Separating Fact from Fiction Chapter 6: Not All Islamists Want Your Head Chapter 7: The Myth of the Muslim Monolith Chapter 8: How the West Created Radical Islam Chapter 9: The Islamic States of America Section III: Policies – Seeing Black & White in a Sea of Gray Chapter 10: Brotherhood of the OrbChapter 11: The Wahhabi Project Chapter 12: Tempest in the Gulf Chapter 13: Between Iran and a Hard Place Chapter 14: Return of the Ottomans Section IV: Prospects – Islam Beyond TrumpChapter 15: The Prince Chapter 16: The Americanization of Islam Chapter 17: Voices of Reason Chapter 18: Islam UnTrumpedChapter 19 DealsChapter 20. Enter Joe BidenChapter 21. Abandon HarrisChapter 22. He’s BaaackNotes Bibliography Index

Insightful, well-written, challenging. Pintak is both a globe-trotting journalist and a distinguished scholar. He's not afraid to challenge assumptions, group-think, and the powerful.