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Title: Media Perspective
Review: The events of 11 September has led to a sudden resurgence in books and articles on Islam and the core of world terrorism. HOLY WAR, INC. is good basic background. Unfortunately, it is somewhat typical of the CNN worldview. Broad brushstrokes but never completing the point. An example is the core debate over Islam itself. While Mr. Bergen does us the service of pointing out Professor Huntington's CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS he weakens the point by attempting to point to a few somewhat moderate Islamic spokespersons. This is the problem of journalists attempting to write analytical works. They lack the basic issue of providing an analytical point and then defending it. Instead we get a bit of this and a bit of that. One should read this book but only after other, more vital, works such as BIN LADEN: The Man Who Declared War on America by Yossef Bodansky.
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