Latest news about Journey of the Jihadist
Updated October 18, 2008.
Journey of the Jihadist stays on Foreign Affairs/Barnes and Noble bestseller list for May, June, July
After naming Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy number fourteen on their top 15 best-selling hardcover books on American foreign policy and international affairs in May, Foreign Affairs, a publication of the Council of Foreign Relations, continued to name Journey of the Jihadist in its June and July list. Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy made the list at number 12 for June's bestsellers and number15 for July. Rankings are based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and Barnes & Noble.com.
Foreign Affairs Bestseller List: June, 2006
- The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Thomas L. Friedman - The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11
Ron Suskind - Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Mark Bowden - The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
Madeleine Albright - Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor - Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
Noam Chomsky - The Good Fight: Why Liberals — and Only Liberals — Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again
Peter Beinart - Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Stephen Kinzer - House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
James Carroll - The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror
George Soros - The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
George Packer - Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy
Fawaz A. Gerges - America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy
Francis Fukuyama - Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire
Morris Berman - America against the World: How We Are Different and why We Are Disliked
Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes
Foreign Affairs Bestseller List: July, 2006
- The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11
Ron Suskind - The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Thomas L. Friedman - Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Mark Bowden - The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
Madeleine Albright - Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
Noam Chomsky - The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq
Fouad Ajami - The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
Peter W. Galbraith - Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor - Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Stephen Kinzer - The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror
George Soros - The Good Fight: Why Liberals — and Only Liberals — Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again
Peter Beinart - The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations
Paul Kennedy - America against the World: How We Are Different and why We Are Disliked
Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes - The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
George Packer - Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy
Fawaz A. Gerges
The full list for June can also be viewed here and for July's can be viewed here or here. See the article on May's list.
Journey of the Jihadist on Overbooked's Nonfiction Stars May, 2006
Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy appears on Overbooked's list of Nonfiction Stars for the month of May, 2006. The star is awarded to (mostly) hardcover books which received at least one starred review (indicating a work of unusual merit) from the following review sources: Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, and Library Journal. This reading list is based on personal preferences. It reflects interests history, science, nature, travel, food, biography, memoirs and a few assorted odd topics. An emphasis is placed on nonfiction that reads like good fiction.
From Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine: In a book that is both deeply personal and brilliantly illuminating, a renowned Middle Eastern expert and media commentator takes readers into the mindset of the jihadi--or holy warrior--who lies behind so many front-page headlines yet remains nearly impenetrable.
Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy received a star for the review in Kirkus Reviews , which can be read here. The full list of Nonfiction Stars can be viewed here.
Journey of the Jihadist on Foreign Affairs/Barnes and Noble bestseller list
Foreign Affairs, a publication of the Council of Foreign Relations, has named Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy in their list of the top 15 best-selling hardcover books on American foreign policy and international affairs for May, 2006. Rankings are based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and Barnes & Noble.com.
- The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]:A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Thomas L. Friedman - The Mighty and the Almighty:
Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
Madeleine Albright - Cobra II:
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Michael R. Gordon - Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Mark Bowden - Failed States:
The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
Noam Chomsky - Overthrow:
America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Stephen Kinzer - House of War:
The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
James Carroll - The Battle for Peace:
A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose
Tony Zinni - America at the Crossroads:
Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy
Francis Fukuyama - The Assassins' Gate:
America in Iraq
George Packer - While Europe Slept:
How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within
Bruce Bawer - Dark Ages America:
The Final Phase of Empire
Morris Berman - 9/11 Commission Report:
Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon The United States: With Interim Reports, Press Releases and Index of the Final Report
9/11 Commission
- Journey of the Jihadist:
Inside Muslim Militancy
Fawaz Gerges - China:
The Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know about the Emerging Superpower
C. Fred Bergsten
The full list of bestsellers can also be viewed here and here.
Look for the following forthcoming international editions of Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy
- Germany: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt
- France: Henry Douugire/Editions Autrement