A well researched analysis of how to identify potential terrorists in western societies.
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A scholarly explanation of what Canada is doing to combat terrorism through identifying and dealing positively with young people who are at risk of becoming radicalised or who have become radicalised. This author analyses case histories and compiles a list of factors to use in the identification process so State agencies can better target their efforts to counter terrorism. This requires the assistance of family, friends, colleagues, teachers, church leaders etc so the author carefully avoids an analysis of the Koran and the life of Mohammed as ultimate sources of radicalisation.
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Terrorist Organization Behavior by Dr. Michael S. Toney
This book was a complete informational book on how to understand violent acts people create in terrorism.  The author has enough research to back up all of his claims.
It is a great reference book. In his example on Table 1: Worldwide Terrorist Attacks from 2005-2008 is truly helpful to read.  Looking at the numbers will help you see how  bad terrorism really is.  It's not like the newspapers report this on a daily basis either.  It is researched to give you the statistic you need to see from the United States Department of State (2010). I loved the structure of this book as it is very inductive and gives logical flow of information with statistical evidence.  Some chapters are easy to skip through but not irrelevant to what he teaches through his book.
Chapter one discusses the terrorist organizational behavior and introduces you the background to the problem.  It teaches us that education on terrorism is the key to understanding why it is so prevalent in the 21st century to become aware of. I felt like I was taking a college class as I was reading it.  The follow list is examples to help you to see the profile of the terrorist organizations:
* How components of leadership theory
* Organizational behavior theory
* Span of control
* organizational performance
* organizational culture
* ideology
* human resource management
* financial management

Chapter two demonstrates the framework by presenting two propositions:
Organizational behavior and leadership can describe terrorist organization, leadership and their performance. Culture influences the host and target states in which terrorist organizations reside and that they violently attack.
Chapter three examines the historical context of terrorism.
Chapter four gives theories to understanding the organizations which include:
* organizational
* social
* psychological theories

Chapter five describes the relationship that subsists between leadership theories and terrorism. This is helpful information if you love sociology, psychology or even business.
Chapter six offers the cultural, religious and political facets of terrorism.
Chapter seven presents the research method and design.
Chapter eight details the research variables and the choice of data for testing and analysis.
Chapter nine examines the kinds of statics tests and models implemented in chapter ten.
Chapter ten applies statistical instruments as a part of the research method and design to the hypothesis for the above chapters.
Chapter 11 offers analysis and interpretation of the findings from chapter ten.  There are three parts:
* Culture and ideology
* Leadership
* Financing
Chapter 12 presents the findings, implications and recommendations developed from the model, statistical test, and the interpretation of the results.
I believe this is an excellent book for colleges, professors, historians, sociology, psychology majors, and specialized field of study.
 2012 Jackie Paulson
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Israelis live with the daily threat of terror.  Even so, Israelis go about their normal lives, shop, eat out, go to school and to the movies.  Everything is done with a pointed emphasis on security precautions.  Guards outside restaurants, at the entrance to shopping malls, banks and schools, and the inspection of cars at parking lots are all part of Israel's normal routine.
Even though terror has been around for decades, it took the attacks on New York and Washington for Americans to sit up and take notice of terrorism.  Suddenly, Americans asked themselves what terror was all about?  Why did al-Qaida attack the World Trade Center?  Was it because of America's support for Israel, or because the terrorists feel threatened by American values.
These questions were quite logical, coming in the wake of the massive, coordinated and unprecedented attack on September 11.  Now, simple, concise and rational answers are available, and readers can clearly comprehend the terrorist phenomenon.
In his new book, What You Need to Know About: Terror (Toby Press, August 2003), political and social commentator Micah Halpern, a regular Israel Insider columnist, answers 75 key questions such as "What is terror?", "Do terrorists have an ethical code?" and "How do we live with the threat of terror?"  The book is divided into sections that help the reader understand what Islamic terror is all about, why America is specifically targeted, and how governments should respond to the terrorist threat.
The book tackles controversial issues connected to the war against terror, including the profiling of people at airport security inspections, targeted 'assassinations,' and the possibility that the United States would issue a national identity card.  Faced with a growing threat on national and international airlines, passengers should agree to possible invasions of privacy, Halpern writes.
The book also provides a guide to the world's terror organizations and a useful resource section.  The best feature of the book is its question and answer format, which provides simple one-sentence answers and then an expanded, detailed analysis.  Average readers will have no problems comprehending the very real danger of world terrorism, and what should be done about that threat.
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In the early twentieth century a set of circumstances occurred in central Europe that allowed or perhaps caused the rise of governments in Italy and Germany and strong factions in France, England, in the Low Countries and in Eastern Europe.

Fascist parties were closely allied with the conservative elements who were willing to sacrifice the rule of law for security.

In these days of the Patriot Act, the move of the Christian Right into power, and the fears of the populace as a result of September 11 are leading us into a strange new future. In this book, Mr. Paxton summarizes his research to present a somewhat different view of twentiety-century history.
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A very well written, authoritive and scholarly work.  Dr. Bloom has taken the time to research this critical subject and place into a highly readable format.  I teach counterterrorism to law enforcement officers at all levels and this has become one of my most valuable resources in my suicide terror classes.
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A fascinating, well written look into a little-known threat to civilization. Who knows how far-reaching or unique this threat may be. Perhaps, the author's insights can generate some useful formal investigation. It is certainly worthwhile reading.
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America is being sold a politically-correct version of Islam, which remains the number one threat to Western Civilization.  Similar themes are explored in the midst of a great suspense novel:&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Y-Factor/dp/1602900507/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Y Factor</a>
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This book is a well-rearched, even-handled examination of Al-Qeda, and shatters the misconceptions citizens and politicians have had on the "Islamic threat." As Gerges documents, the threat is there, there will likely be future events of terrorism, but there is no monolithic world-wide organization behind these acts. Instead, the groups are fragmentary. The actors are not sophisticated wide-eyed terrorists. The members of these ad-hoc organizations in fact are largely uneducated and frankly incompetant. What they have been very good at doing is scaring the begeezers out of the Western world, such that we are all afraid of our own shadows and are happy to destroy our own constitutional principles for the sake of feeling safe. In this respect Al Qeda has been very successful. The author details how since 9 11 the defense and counter-terrorism industry has mushroomed. Much like Dorothy ultimately finding out that the Wizard of Oz is actually a small, insignificant person, this book reveals Al-Qeda for what it is, a bunch of thugs increasingly excluded by their own peoples and lacking any legitmate purpose.
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Cashill's well-researched examples illustrate his points clearly and explicitly.  They do not necessarily prove all of them, however, and I disagree with some of his conclusions.  Nonetheless, he does demonstrate a definite history of fraud by progressives in their efforts to obfuscate God, religion and many of the values that have made Western Society the most accomplished and beneficent in world history.

Ethics are for religious nuts, they tell each other.

The book serves as a harsh warning that socialist ideologues are spinning, lying, and cheating to supplant traditional Western ideals with their own.  And what are those ideals?  At their core is the freedom of the intelligentsia to rule as they please with impunity from both God and man.
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You'll gain a whole new perspective on the job they do. The book reveals how defeating terrorism has little to do with the so-called "Global War on Terror" and almost everything to do with good local policing. We need people who understand cultures, speak different languages embedded in local areas, eyes and ears on the ground, instead of secret wiretaps and secret renditions by disjointed, Orwellian federal bureaucracies. This reveals how most terrorism can be stopped in ways using basic crime prevention; the stuff the NYPD has been doing so well for years.
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Thanks to this book i was able to identify what i thought was a terrorist based on their breathing patterns.  Turns out that they were a non-terrorist having an asthma attack...  Still, they've been sent to Gitmo just in case...
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Aslan's book on Islamic fundamentalism is an easy read for the readers who are interested in terrorism that is closely related to incidents such as 9/11 or the War on terrorism. It even feels like this book is an expansion of his other book called the "No god, but god". I strongly recommend reading this one after reading "No god, but god" since it a book with enrich information on the historical background of Islam. In this specific book, Aslan provides unbiased historical background as well as his sensation comment on Jihadism and cosmic war. By reading this book, you will better understand the morality and the existence of suicide bombers.
As an Asian student with absolutely no knowledge of Islam, I found this book interesting in a way due to the fact that we are all exposed in danger of terrorism. This book will indirectly persuade you to have much more broad perspective on not just terrorism, but Islamic population as a whole.
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Bruce Hoffman, one of the most renowned terrorism scholars of this generation in his new book Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel 1917-1947, asks a complex question Given that most terrorism is generally ineffective, why has terrorism itself continued to persist as a tactic and in some circles thrive. Hoffman uses the case of terrorism undertaken by a diverse group of Jewish organizations to argue that the successes of terrorism have left such an impression that they outweigh, the far more numerous cases of terrorisms failure.

Hoffman then sets out in a rich and masterfully detailed narrative to detail the Jewish campaign against British rule in Palestine for thirty years. While it is fairly lengthy at almost five hundred pages, readers should not feel deterred because it reads like a great work of non-fiction rather than a weighty academic tome. For academics searching for the answers to the great intrigues of terrorism, this book should provide some food for thought concerning why terrorists pursue the actions they can and what governments can do to limit the effect of the tactic.

I think that the ultimate message of this book is two-fold: 1. Governments that constrain themselves to a few narrow options while fighting terrorists are fighting a losing battle and governments that treat all organizations with the same remedy may be doing their cause more harm than good. As the Jewish case illustrated, there were a number of groups that were divided along personal and ideological lines, even in strategic maneuvering. Different tactics are needed for different organizations.

A good book for the general public who appreciate a good history and academics who are looking for depth and analytical rigor.
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This book contains a concise overview in which the author discusses the historical roots of terrorism, the motivation of terrorists, and the social political climates, which promote the terrorist mind-set. Harris looks at what has been done and what could be done to combat terrorism. And he projects how terrorists may use new technology to add weight to their threats.
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This is essential reading for an understanding and assessment of the US role in the current international arena with regard to terrorism and counter-terrorism policies. Dr. Staar-Deelan draws on her legal background to raise important questions on the legality of current US policies. Her analysis of the use of drones an US policy on torture is particularly illuminating. It will be interesting to read her insights into the Obama administration and ISIS, which is soon to be published.
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The book certainly brings to life the possibility that some terrorist or rouge country could in fact destroy our civilization for decades or even longer.  More than that, it instructs the reader how you can prepare ;yourself to survive and function should this actually happen.
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Terrorism in the 21st century take many different forms. And author Altman does an excellent job of examining just how far one society will go in changing its long-time values and its very structure in order to accommodate the cultural concerns of a small, but very vocal, minority. Although the action in this suspenseful thriller is set in the UK, readers will no doubt see many very familiar parallels with what is currently happening in the U.S. This is the kind of book that is fun for book clubs and friends to read at the same time, because it will no doubt spark plenty of conversation after the final page is turned.