Introduction : the sunset of the Cold War and the dawn of radical Islam -- The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Muslim world during World War II -- The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Muslim world during the Cold War -- On the road to Al-Qaeda -- The beginning of the Islamization of Europe -- The jihadist assault on Europe -- The Islamo-totalitarian challenge to Russia -- Iran : the emergence of the Shia branch of theocratic totalitarianism -- America and the jihadist axis of evil -- The jihadist penetration of America -- The American-Russian divide after the breakup of the Soviet Union.