Catastrophic Failure: Blindfolding America in the Face of Jihad

by Stephen Coughlin

After the events of September 11, 2001, Stephen Coughlin was mobilized from his private sector career to the Intelligence Directorate at the Joint Chiefs of Staff to work in Targeting. Thus began his education in terrorism. In the years that followed, Coughlin earned recognition as the Pentagon’s leading expert on the Islamic-based doctrines motivating jihadi groups that confront America. He came into demand as a trainer and lecturer at leading commands and senior service staff institutions, including the National Defense University, the Army and Navy War Colleges, the Marine Corps-Quantico, the State Department, and the FBI. So effective were his presentations that some in the special operations community dubbed them “Red Pill” briefings, a reference to an iconic scene in The Matrix. It’s an apt Once the facts and doctrines are properly explained and understood, there is no going back.This was more than our enemies – and, it seems, our leaders – could tolerate. Beginning in 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood convinced the White House to ban Coughlin and put an end to his briefings. The move was in keeping with shariah concepts of slander that seek to blindfold America to certain realities that render us defenseless against a threat made existential by the very ignorance it gets our leaders to enforce. In times like this – when the White House’s former counterterrorism strategist can declare it unconstitutional to allow national security analysts to look to Islam to understand jihad – there’s an urgent need to pull away the blindfold so we can see and confront the threat. Such is the goal of Catastrophic Failure. The book, drawn heavily from Coughlin’s “outlawed” briefings, is a comprehensive assessment of Islamic law and doctrine known to form the basis of hostile threat strategies directed against America and the West, the challenges they present, and the ideologically induced breakdown of fact-based decisionmaking that is nothing short of professional malpractice by our national security elites.

Genres: Islam, Politics, Nonfiction

790 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 4, 2015

Reviews

[Jh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every American *needs* to read this. This is a very intellectual composition based on substantiated and well cited facts. Stephen Coughlin is not giving his views or opinions from a so called Ivory Tower. He is sharing his professional analysis (which he was appointed to do by the our government) of America's war on terror, how and why the Obama Administration is pushing a narrative based on their version of political correctness - "winning hearts and minds" of the extreme doctrine of Islamic Law (essentially Shari'a).
He pulls together the pieces of the puzzle that are actually in open sight for the world to see.
Osama Bin Laden told us in the 90's how they were going strike America - and they did.
Bin Laden said they would be back... and America will never see it coming.
That has been forgotten it seems. Mr. Coughlin puts the facts in order - and it's undeniable.

[Benita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although the book was thrown together quickly and could have done with some tighter editing, it's still a quick, well-documented and horrifying read. Considering today's climate, it should perhaps be mandatory reading.

Even as we speak, 82 (soon joined by another 10 to make it 92) democrat members of the U.S. Congress have signed on to bill 569, which is essentially a sharia law to protect muslims from 'islamophobia', regardless of the fact that 50% of religious hate crimes are directed against jews, and only 10% against muslims. Why you wonder is such a bill necessary? Read this book and find out.

[Anastasia Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Important look at the war on terror

Interesting and terrifying analysis of how we are losing the war on terror because we are no longer allowed to even discuss the terrorists or their motivations

[Fiannawolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy shit. That was a big frackin' eye-opener.

[Jupiter Rising · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative and detailed

[Tommie Niland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every American should read this book. So much of what has happened over the past several years made no sense--until I read this book! Now it all makes sense and it is very disturbing. A well-documented book, Stephen Coughlin makes his points by backing up each statement with fact upon fact. Please read this book if you care about our country and want answers.