Excellent view into the inner workings of terror organizations

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	• Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill Jessica Stern Harper Perennial, 2004 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent view into the inner workings of terror organizations

This is coming from someone that hasn't done any prior research into the subject, but has certainly given it a lot of thought. The book is an vivid evaluation of different types of religious terrorists and their motivations. Furthermore, it reveals the practical details on how the organizations function in terms of finance, hierarchy, etc.

Well thought out objective studty of the terrorist

Jessica Stern has talked extensively with religious radicals from all three of the "great" faiths.

She has looked both at the religous as well as political and financial factors at what truly motivates the terrorist.

This book is very enlightening. Well on parr with the one By Peter Bergen for those of us who truly want to understand the "new" threat facing us today.

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Terror in the Name of God

A real page turner! I have never felt compelled to write a book review . . .until now. Dr. Stern has spent years interviewing American terrorists motivated by faith and international jihadists and has compiled an interesting profile of the religious terrorist. What I found so very refreshing was that she does not write like most academics; rather, she writes and approaches the topic like a novel. Considering the sensitive topic of religion, Dr. Stern has approached the subject in a fair and, in what I believe, impartial matter. I would urge attorneys representing terrorist suspects, or prosecutors for that manner, analysts, investigators and the like, to read this book and keep it close for future reference.

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For four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively?to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Asqelon, and Pensacola?she 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, and attention.

Jessica Stern's extensive interaction with the faces behind the terror provide unprecedented insight into acts of inexplicable horror, and enable her to suggest how terrorism can most effectively be countered.

A crucial book on terrorism, Terror in the Name of God is a brilliant and thought-provoking work.

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