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Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill

Jessica Stern

For five years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. She traveled extensively -- to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Ashqelon, and Pensacola -- and discovered that the Islamic jihadi in the mountains of Pakistan and the Christian fundamentalist bomber in Oklahoma have much in common.

Based on her vast research, Stern lucidly explains how terrorist organizations are formed by opportunistic leaders who -- using religion as both motivation and justification -- recruit the disenfranchised. She depicts how moral fervor is transformed into sophisticated organizations that strive for money, power, or attention andsuggests how terrorism might most effectively be countered.

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The New Terrorism: Threat And Response

Jessica Stern; New York New York Foreign Affairs Staff; Richard K. Betts; Bernard Lewis; William J. Perry; Fouad Ajami; Ahmed Rashid; Philip Zelikow; Milton Bearden; Gideon Rose

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The Ultimate Terrorists

Jessica Stern

Stern describes the types of 'weapons of mass destruction' available on the black or open market to terrorists, the threats they pose to society, the various motivations for their use by terrorist groups, and the obstacles a terrorist would face in using each weapon. She provides concrete steps to guarding against terrorist attacks and relates how the government can minimize loss of life, decrease public panic, and respond effectively to a crisis if it should occur.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2000