This accessible and deeply informed book examines the threat that Islamic extremists pose to America and provides a balanced discussion of the link between Iraq and the war on terror. Explaining the basics of Islam and guiding the reader through the intricacies of each significant fundamentalist group, the Palmers answer key questions: Who are the Muslim extremists and how do they fit within the broader context of the Islamic religion? What is their war plan and how do they operate? Who are their allies and what are their weaknesses? What is the experience of Israel, the Islamic world, and the United States in fighting extremists? How can they be defeated? Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, the book includes new chapters on Hamas, the Iraqi clones of Hizbullah-including Sadr-and the Islamic government in Turkey.

America's struggle against terror : who is the enemy? -- Islam, Muslim extremism, and anti-Americanism -- The Muslim brotherhood and the origin of the radical moderates -- Hamas : the ascendance of religious extremism in the Arab Israeli conflict -- Hizbullah : a tale of three countries -- Iraqi Hizbullah -- Turkey : a model for democratic Islamic rule? -- The jihadist movement and how it evolved -- The jihadist war plan -- The jihadist war machine -- The allies of the jihadists : those who make terror possible -- The Israeli struggle against terror and Islamic extremism : a guide for the United States -- How America's allies in the Islamic World fight terror -- America, Islamic extremism and jihadist terror.