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Winning the Unwinnable War

October 6, 2009 by Elan Journo

The official publication date for my book, Winning the Unwinnable War, is October 28, but you can learn more about it right now by visiting the book’s just-launched website: WinningTheUnwinnableWar.com. It currently features an excerpt from the book and an interview with the contributors (Alex Epstein, Yaron Brook, and me) published in the latest issue of The Objective Standard. You can also find audio and video from several media interviews that I’ve taken part in recently. We’ll be adding more material in the days and months to come. You can receive updates — via Twitter, Facebook, RSS and email — by signing up at the site.

The site offers links to several online booksellers that are taking pre-orders for the book.

Posted in Foreign Policy
Tags: Islamic totalitarianism

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