StarAstrologer - Books : Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.625
EAN: 9780060505332
ISBN: 0060505338
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: September 01, 2004
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Sales Rank: 23368
Studio: Harper Perennial
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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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Written in 2003 when the War in Iraq had something to do with September 11th and people paid attention to the Homeland Security Advisory System (Go ahead tell me, what's the threat level today? Orange? Yellow?), Terror in the Name of God seems shockingly dated today.
But, as Stern is probably the most highly regarded terrorist expert, it does shed some light on things. Stern breaks the book down into two sections. The first is the grievances of religious terrorists. For the sake of perceived ... Read More
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Although the concept is interesting, this book was not as accurate as I would have hoped. It was also fairly monotonous. I saw Stern speak in person; she never answered the questions from the audience and did not really even know her own book well enough to be informative.
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Jessica Stern provides insight to the behavior of religious extremists through her personal interviews with members of different religious sects in America and around the world. This is not written as an "edge of your seat" or "read one weekend" style of book. It is a means of educating the reader though sections of the book are filled with suspense and espionage. Stern provides details to the way of life of religious extremists, their surroundings, family, who they trust, who they want to kill and why. ... Read More
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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 ... Read More
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While it is critically important to understand why terrorists commit the atrocities they do, a much more significant book is needed to gain those insights.
What you will learn from this book is that most religious terrorists feel humiliated and deprived. How novel. You'll also learn the difference between terrorism and jihad. The latter only kills soldiers and elected officials or particular targets, but not woman, old people and infants. Unless of course, you're talking about attacks against ... Read More
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