avid Selbourne's "The Losing Battle With Islam" is the quintessential guide to understanding the past and present Islamic movement. Selbourne traces in excrutiating detail the history of violence and the Islamic rebirth. I find nothing particularly objectionable in the discourse and believe he makes a good case for Western misunderstanding of the Muslim sense of moral superiority and belief in the eventual triumph. I only have a bachelors degree and found Mr. Selbourne's Oxford style of writing difficult to get through and it took me a long time to read. That may just be me, but I did find the book very informative. He does not, however, offer any solution for the "losing battle." Good not Great!