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Dissonance and Denial: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War of Ideas

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The United States is not at war with Islam, and Islam is a religion of peace. At this point virtually everyone in the public square of Western capitals takes these two propositions for granted. They have informed and guided U.S. policy since the Clinton administration, continuing through the two terms of George W. Bush and into the presidency of Barack Obama.

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  1. Ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ihn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah, A. Guillaume, trans. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1955), pp. 212–213.

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  1. David Horowitz Freedom Center, USA

    Robert Spencer (director of Jihad Watch, a program)

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  1. Georgetown University, USA

    Eric D. Patterson (Visiting Assistant Professor of Government) (Visiting Assistant Professor of Government)

  2. National Security Council, USA

    John Gallagher (U.S. Army officer and a former director in the Office of Iraq and Afghanistan Affairs) (U.S. Army officer and a former director in the Office of Iraq and Afghanistan Affairs)

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Spencer, R. (2009). Dissonance and Denial: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War of Ideas. In: Patterson, E.D., Gallagher, J. (eds) Debating the War of Ideas. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230101982_16

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