'' An End to al-Qaeda : Destroying Bin Laden 's Jihad and Restoring America 's Honor '' is a non-fiction book about counterterrorism strategies towards al-Qaeda , written by U.S. Navy retired cryptology analyst Malcolm Nance . The book describes how the September 11 attacks changed the traditional Muslim community around the globe . Nance criticizes the approach of the George W. Bush administration , including the verbiage and public presentations used in the War on Terror . The author argues al-Qaeda is not part of Islam but is instead a dangerous religious cult . Nance writes the United States should commit to better education with a public relations campaign to encourage traditional believers in Islam around the world to denounce al-Qaeda
September 11 attacks
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An End to al-Qaeda