B erman ' s ▁book ▁is ▁by ▁turns ▁pen etr ating , ▁insight ful , ▁honest , ▁slo ppy , ▁er ud ite , ▁super f icial , ▁hot - blo oded , ▁serious , ▁and ▁flor id ." ▁Marshall ▁also ▁wrote , ▁" Th ough ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁serious ▁book , ▁it ▁is ▁shot ▁through ▁with ▁an ▁equally ▁serious ▁f law : ▁the ▁desire ▁to ▁infl ate ▁the ▁threat ▁of ▁Islam ist ▁violence — and ▁particularly ▁its ▁intellectual ▁st akes — to ▁levels ▁beyond ▁what ▁they ▁mer it ▁and ▁to ▁force ▁them ▁into ▁a ▁template ▁of ▁an ▁earlier ▁era , ▁for ▁which ▁B erman ▁has ▁an ▁evident ▁and ▁understand able ▁nost alg ia . ▁Over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁book , ▁the ▁dis joint ed ness ▁between ▁what ▁the ▁radical ▁Islam ist ▁men ace ▁is ▁and ▁what ▁B erman ▁wants ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁ranges ▁from ▁merely ▁apparent ▁to ▁down right ▁pain ful , ▁and ▁ends ▁up ▁obsc uring ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁it ▁clar ifies . ▁And , ▁unfortunately , ▁the ▁obsc uring ▁elements ▁may ▁be ▁the ▁more ▁important ▁ones . ▁Given ▁the ▁role ▁intellect uals ▁are ▁playing ▁in ▁this ▁war , ▁these ▁are ▁mistakes ▁that ▁could ▁have ▁dire ▁real - world ▁costs . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁Islam ic ▁fundamental ism ▁ ▁Islam ic ▁terror ism ▁ ▁Islam ism ▁ ▁Foreign ▁policy ▁of ▁the ▁George ▁W . ▁Bush ▁administration ▁ ▁Liberal ▁ha w k ▁ ▁Liberal ▁international ism ▁ ▁The ▁Reb el ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Book notes ▁interview ▁with