Isis Is Not Winning The War Of Ideas

J.M. Berger, The Atlantic
Wed, 11/11/2015 - 9:56am

An ISIS flag adorns the wall of a damaged building in Arbeen, Syria. Reuters “The United States is engaged in a war of ideas—and it’s losing.” This refrain feels modern, but it has echoed through most of American history. The argument that the U.S. is losing a war of ideas or narratives to ISIS is only the latest iteration.

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