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Author : Samuel J. Perkins
Release : 2011
Genre : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
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Book Rating : 744/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Homegrown Terror and American Jihadists: Addressing the Threat by : Samuel J. Perkins
Download or read book Homegrown Terror and American Jihadists: Addressing the Threat written by Samuel J. Perkins. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel J. Perkins
Release : 2011
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 196/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Homegrown Terror and American Jihadists by : Samuel J. Perkins
Download or read book Homegrown Terror and American Jihadists written by Samuel J. Perkins. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new and important book discusses the radicalisation process and the forces driving violent extremist activity. It analyses post-9/11 domestic Jihadist terrorism, describes law enforcement and intelligence efforts to combat terrorism and the challenges associated with those efforts. This book also outlines actions underway to build trust and partnership between community groups and government agencies and the tensions that may occur between law enforcement and engagement activities.
Author : Peter L. Bergen
Release : 2016
Genre : Jihad
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Book Rating : 547/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis United States of Jihad by : Peter L. Bergen
Download or read book United States of Jihad written by Peter L. Bergen. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a look at "homegrown" Islamist terrorism, from 9/11 to the present, discusses the perpetrators who have acted both in the U.S. and abroad, and examines the controversial tactics used to track potential terrorists. --Publisher's description.
Author : Piotr M. Szpunar
Release : 2018-04-10
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 670/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Homegrown by : Piotr M. Szpunar
Download or read book Homegrown written by Piotr M. Szpunar. This book was released on 2018-04-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful study of how identity is mobilized in and for war in the face of homegrown terrorism. “You are either with us, or against us” is the refrain that captures the spirit of the global war on terror. Images of the “them” implied in this war cry—distinct foreign “others”—inundate Americans on hit television shows, Hollywood blockbusters, and nightly news. However, in this book, Piotr Szpunar tells the story of a fuzzier image: the homegrown terrorist, a foe that blends into the crowd, who Americans are told looks, talks, and acts “like us.” Homegrown delves into the dynamics of domestic counterterrorism, revealing the complications that arise when the terrorist threat involves Americans, both residents and citizens, who have taken up arms against their own country. Szpunar examines the ways in which identities are blurred in the war on terror, amid debates concerning who is “the real terrorist.” He considers cases ranging from the white supremacist Sikh Temple shooter,,to the Newburgh Four, ex-convicts caught up in an FBI informant-led plot to bomb synagogues, to ecoterrorists, to the Tsarnaev brothers responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing. Drawing on popular media coverage, court documents, as well as “terrorist”-produced media, Szpunar poses new questions about the strategic deployment of identity in times of conflict. The book argues that homegrown terrorism challenges our long held understandings of how identity and difference play out in war—beyond “us versus them”—and, more importantly, that the way in which it is conceptualized and combatted has real consequences for social, cultural, and political notions of citizenship and belonging. The first critical examination of homegrown terrorism, this book will make you question how we make sense of the actions of ourselves and others in global war, and the figures that fall in between.
Author : Peter Bergen
Release : 2017-02-07
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 563/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis United States of Jihad by : Peter Bergen
Download or read book United States of Jihad written by Peter Bergen. This book was released on 2017-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting, panoramic look at “homegrown” Islamist terrorism from 9/11 to the present Since 9/11, more than three hundred Americans—born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere—have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight abroad: an American was among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more than eighty U.S. citizens have been charged with ISIS-related crimes. Others have acted on American soil, as with the attacks at Fort Hood, the Boston Marathon, and in San Bernardino. What motivates them, how are they trained, and what do we sacrifice in our efforts to track them? Paced like a detective story, United States of Jihad tells the entwined stories of the key actors on the American front. Among the perpetrators are Anwar al-Awlaki, the New Mexico-born radical cleric who became the first American citizen killed by a CIA drone and who mentored the Charlie Hebdo shooters; Samir Khan, whose Inspire webzine has rallied terrorists around the world, including the Tsarnaev brothers; and Omar Hammami, an Alabama native and hip hop fan who became a fixture in al Shabaab’s propaganda videos until fatally displeasing his superiors. Drawing on his extensive network of intelligence contacts, from the National Counterterrorism Center and the FBI to the NYPD, Peter Bergen also offers an inside look at the controversial tactics of the agencies tracking potential terrorists—from infiltrating mosques to massive surveillance; at the bias experienced by innocent observant Muslims at the hands of law enforcement; at the critics and defenders of U.S. policies on terrorism; and at how social media has revolutionized terrorism. Lucid and rigorously researched, United States of Jihad is an essential new analysis of the Americans who have embraced militant Islam both here and abroad. — Washington Post, Notable Non-Fiction Books in 2016
