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  • The Making of a Homegrown Terrorist

    Brainwashing Rebels in Search of a Cause

    What are the factors that lead some individuals to become terrorists? In this book, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst examines case histories of terrorism and reveals how radicalized youths living next door can become dangerous homegrown terrorists.Religious zeal and passionate dogma can be powerful motivators for homegrown recruits of terrorist organizations. In this book, Peter A. Olsson, MD, ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • Malignant Pied Pipers

    A Psychological Study of Destructive Cult Leaders from Rev. Jim Jones to Osama bin Laden

    For more than twenty years, I have studied destructive and apocalyptic cult leaders like Jim Jones, David Koresh (Waco), Shoko Asahara (Aum Shinriko), Marshall Applewhite (Heaven’s Gate), Charles Manson (Helter Skelter Murderers), and Luc Jouret and Joseph DiMambro (Suicidal Solar Temple).These cult leaders, the mesmerizing Malignant Pied Pipers of our time, led idealistic, father-hungry, or ... Read more

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  • Terror in the Name of God

    Why Religious Militants Kill

    by Jessica Stern ...
    An expert in violent extremism delivers a "serious and provocative . . . odyssey into the hearts and minds of religious terrorists" from Pakistan to Oklahoma ( The New York Times Book Review).A New York Times Notable BookFor four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively—to refugee camps in Lebanon, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stealth Jihad

    How Radical Islam Is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs

    Wars aren't always violent. Stealth Jihad exposes the silent, insidious, secret war jihadists are waging on our nation. A war fought not by violence, but by culture, is perhaps the most dangerous war of all. ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Inside Terrorism

    by Bruce Hoffman ...
    Series series Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
    Bruce Hoffman's Inside Terrorism has remained the seminal work for understanding the historical evolution of terrorism and the terrorist mind-set. In this revised third edition of his classic text, Hoffman analyzes the latest developments in global terrorism, offering insight into new adversaries, motivations, strategies, and tactics. He focuses on the rise of ISIS and the resilience of al-Qaeda; ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Myth of Martyrdom

    What Really Drives Suicide Bombers, Rampage Shooters, and Other Self-Destructive Killers

    by Adam Lankford ...
    The Myth of Martyrdom presents a startling look at the deepest, darkest secrets that terrorists pray you'll never know.For decades, experts from the most powerful governments and prestigious universities around the world have told us that suicide bombers are psychologically normal men and women driven by a single-minded purpose: self-sacrifice. As it turns out, this claim originated with the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Talking to the Enemy

    Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists

    by Scott Atran ...
    "Atran explores the way terrorists think of themselves and teaches us, at last, intelligent ways to think about terrorists." —Christopher Dickey, Newsweek Middle East Editor and author of Securing the CityTalking to the Enemy is an eye-opening and important book that offers a startling look deep inside terror groups. Based on the author's unprecedented access to and in-depth interviews with ... Read more

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  • A Battle for the Soul of Islam

    An American Muslim Patriot's Fight to Save His Faith

    Among the unsettling social shifts in the wake of 9/11 was the global attention paid to Islam. Here in the United States, we became divided, often sadly along partisan lines, between those who believed every Muslim was a potential threat and those who believed no Muslim could do wrong.For conservative Wisconsin native and former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, these radical ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Arab Winter Comes to America

    The Truth About the War We're In

    Overlooked by our media, purposely obscured by our own government, and unnoticed by the vast majority of Americans, the turmoil of the Islamic world’s “Arab Spring” has become an “Arab Winter,” bringing new threats of terror to America. New York Times bestselling author Robert Spencer, an expert on Islam and terrorism, reveals why America is shockingly unequipped to face this threat. InArab Winter ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Home, Land, Security

    Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism

    by Carla Power ...
    PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A “provocative and deeply reported look into the emerging field of deradicalization” (Esquire), told through the stories of former militants and the people working to bring them back into societyWhat are the roots of radicalism? Journalist Carla Power came to this question well before the January 6, 2021, attack in Washington, D.C., turned our country’s attention to the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Bin Laden, Islam, & America's New War on Terrorism

    Lebanese scholar As'ad AbuKhalil examines the roots of the September 11 crisis, the causes for antipathy toward the United States, and the historical relations between the U.S. and the Islamic world. AbuKhalil also reviews the background of U.S. entanglement with the Middle East, and how it catalyzed militant fundamentalist networks that came to perceive the United States as an enemy. Beginning ... Read more

    $10.79 CAD

  • Misunderstanding Terrorism

    by Marc Sageman ...
    Misunderstanding Terrorism provides a striking reassessment of the scope and nature of the global neo-jihadi threat to the West. The post-9/11 decade experienced the emergence of new forms of political violence and new terrorist actors. More recently, Marc Sageman's understanding of how and why people have adopted fundamentalist ideologies and terrorist methods has evolved.Author of the classic ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD