Thurston, Alexander

Summary: "Drawing on sources in Arabic and Hausa, rare documents, propaganda videos, press reports, and interviews with experts in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Niger, Alexander Thurston sheds new light on Boko Haram's development. He shows that the group, far from being a simple or static terrorist organization, has evolved in its worldview and ideology in reaction to events. Chief among these has been Boko...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018

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Bergen, Peter L.

Summary: Since 9/11, some 300 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: Americans were among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more recently a dozen US citizens have sought to join ISIS. Others have acted entirely on American soil. What motivates them, how are they...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2016

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Gerges, Fawaz A.

Summary: The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world's leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions as he provides a unique history of the rise and growth of ISIS. Moving...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016

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Ibrahim, Azeem

Summary: An international expert traces the rise of the extreme ideology of Wahhabism, which has been the ideological bedrock of the state of Saudi Arabia since its original rise in the eighteenth century, and argues that it is this ideology that is fueling ISIS and terror cells worldwide.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017

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Ibrahim, Raymond

Summary: A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam--the sword and the scimitar--have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: De Capo Press, Hachette Book Group 2018

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Walker, Martin

Summary: "When an undercover agent tracking domestic jihadists is found murdered, it's troubling enough for Bruno's beloved village. But when this is followed by the return of Sami, a local autistic youth thought lost to Islamic extremism, provincial St. Denis suddenly becomes a front line in the global war on terror"

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015

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Lewis, Bernard

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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2003

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McCarthy, Andrew C.

Contents: "Imagine the liability!" -- Battalions and illusions -- "We are terrorists!" -- The blind Sheikh emerges -- Afghanistan? Who needs to know? -- Feeding the beast -- Jihad in America -- The real deal--under our nose -- Upheaval -- Conspiracy? What conspiracy? -- The informant -- The Jihadist way : victory and vengeance -- Divorce -- No indication? -- Aftermath -- Spy games -- Siddig Ali takes...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2009

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Summary: An anonymous member of the U.S. intelligence community maintains that we are, in fact, losing the war on terror. Although aspects of the modern world may offend conservative Muslims, no Islamist leader has fomented jihad to destroy Western institutions. Rather, a growing segment of the Islamic world disapproves of specific U.S. policies and their attendant military, political, and economic...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Brassey's 2004

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Cohen, Jared

Contents: Destination Iran -- Removing the shackles -- Democracy after dark -- Nuclear pride -- "Death to America" -- The calm before the storm -- The all-night "party of God" -- Struggling for dignity -- Babies in the Ba'ath Party -- The road to Mesopotamia -- Iraqis who like us -- Waking up in the insurgency -- Epilogue : the youth party.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2007

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Farivar, Masood.

Summary: Massood Farivar draws on his unique experience as a native Afghan, a former mujahideen fighter, and a longtime U.S. resident to provide unprecedented insight into the recent collision between Islam and the West.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly 2009

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Mekhennet, Souad

Summary: "The journalist who broke the "Jihadi John" story draws on her personal experience to bridge the gap between the Muslim world and the West and explain the rise of Islamic radicalism. Souad Mekhennet has lived her entire life between worlds. The daughter of a Turkish mother and a Moroccan father, she was born and educated in Germany and has worked for several American newspapers. Since the 9/11...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2017

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Scheuer, Michael.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Potomac 2008

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Bergen, Peter L.

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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2002

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Greanias, Thomas.

Summary: After foiling a plot to burn down the Dome of the Rock, Israeli counterterrorism agent Sam Deker is captured and tortured into unconsciousness. His troubles really begin, however, when he wakes up during the ancient siege of Jericho.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010

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Pfarrer, Chuck.

Summary: On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. in Pakistan, a satellite uplink was sent from the town of Abbottabad crackling into the situation room of the White House in Washington, D.C.: "Geronimo, Echo, KIA." These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, put paid to Osama bin Laden's three-decade-long career of terror. SEAL Target Geronimo is the story of Bin Laden's relentless hunters and how they took down the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins Press 2011

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Rosenberg, Joel C.

Summary: "Inside the Revolution" takes you inside the winner-take-all battle for the hearts, minds, and souls of the people of the Middle East with never-before-seen profiles of the Radicals, the Reformers and the Revivalists, explaining the implications of each movement and the importance of each leader--not only through the lenses of politics and economics but through the third lens of Scripture as well.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2009

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Allen, Charles

Summary: "What are the roots of today's militant fundamentalism in the Muslim world? In this insightful and wide-ranging history, Charles Allen finds an answer in an eighteenth-century reform movement of Muhammed ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his followers-the Wahhabi-who sought the restoration of Islamic purity and declared violent jihad on all who opposed them. The Wahhabi teaching spread rapidly-first...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2006

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Darwish, Nonie.

Summary: A Cairo-raised daughter of an Egyptian military officer describes how she was raised to hate Americans and Jewish people and submit to dictatorship, her decision to relocate to America, and her efforts to promote peace and tolerance at the risk of her own safety.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2007

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Gerges, Fawaz A.

Summary: "The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world's leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions as he provides a unique history of the rise and growth of ISIS. Moving...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2016

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Lambert, Malcolm (Malcolm D.)

Summary: “Recognizing that the Christian crusades unfolded in a world shaped by Islamic jihads, Lambert scrutinizes both militant forms of religion simultaneously. In a world where memories of crusader atrocities sustain virulent new forms of jihad, such balanced scholarship offers hope of interfaith understanding.” -- Booklist

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016

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Rashid, Ahmed.

Summary: The terrorist attacks of September 11 have turned the world's attention to areas of the globe about which we know very little. The author turns his skills as an investigative journalist to the five Central Asian republics adjacent to Afghanistan.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2002

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Sekulow, Jay

Summary: The world's wealthiest and most powerful jihadists, ISIS originated within Al Qaeda with the goal of creating an Islamic state across Iraq and Syria and unrelenting jihad on Christians. This book gives a better understanding of the modern face of terror, and provides an overview of the laws of war and war crimes. These laws differentiate between the guilty and innocent, and explain why the US...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2014

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