Misunderstanding terrorism / Marc Sageman.

Author
Sageman, Marc [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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    "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 Understanding Terror Networks, Sageman has become only more critical of the U.S. government's approach to the problem. He argues that U.S. society had been transformed for the worse by an extreme overreaction to a limited threat- limited, he insists despite spectacular recent incidents, which he takes fully into account. Indeed, his discussion of just how limited the threat is marks a major contribution to the discussion and debate over the best way to a measured and much more effective response." -- Inside jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-213).
    Contents
    • 1. The Actual Threat
    • 2. Probability Theory and Counterterrorism
    • 3. Misunderstanding Radicalization
    • 4. Militants in Context: A Model of the Turn to Political Violence
    • 5. Ending Political Violence in the West.
    ISBN
    • 9780812248890 ((hardcover))
    • 0812248899 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2017288212
    OCLC
    945950065
    Other standard number
    • 40026603596
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