The Mind of the Terrorist: The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to Al-Qaeda

ISBN-13: 9780230612693 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 320 str.

J Post

Opis

In contrast to the widely held assumption that terrorists are crazed fanatics, Jerrold Post demonstrates they are psychologically "normal" and that "hatred has been bred in the bone." He reveals the powerful motivations that drive these ordinary people to such extraordinary evil by exploring the different types of terrorists, from national-separatists such as the Irish Republican Army to social revolutionary terrorists such as the Shining Path, as well as religious extremists like al-Qaeda and Aum Shinrikyo. In The Mind of the Terrorist, Post uses his expertise to explain how the terrorist mind works and how this information can help us to combat terrorism more effectively.

Spis treści

- Introduction: Terrorists and Terrorism - PART I: WHEN HATRED IS BRED IN THE BONE: NATIONAL-SEPARATIST TERRORISM - Secular Palestinian Terrorism - The Irish and Basque - The Kurds and Tamils - PART II: REBELLION AGAINST THE GENERATION OF THEIR PARENTS: SOCIAL-REVOLUTIONARY TERRORISM - European and North American Cases - Latin American Cases - PART III: KILLING IN THE NAME OF GOD: RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST TERRORISM HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS - Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - Killing in the Name of Other Gods - PART IV: THE CHANGING FACE OF TERRORISM - Global Jihad and Suicide Terrorism - Weapons of Mass Destruction and Mass Disruption - Challenges and Implications -