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

The Mind of the Terrorist: The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda | Jerrold M. Post | From ETA, The IRA, FARC to HAMAS, Hizballah ect.

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	The Mind of the Terrorist: The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda Jerrold M. Post Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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In contrast to the widely held assumption that terrorists as 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 like the Irish Republican Army to social revolutionary terrorists like 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.

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A must read for any professional in the field

If you ever wonder how those terrorists can do what they do this is the book for you. This book is the best one volume catch all book on about every terrorist group that there is. The author does a great job diagnosing what motivates each of those groups he highlights. He puts you into the mind of each group in a short, concise narrative on the group. You can see what motivates them to do what they do. His information is very applicable, right out of the newspaper. He goes over both FARC and PKK. Both groups recently had their chapters of fame in the world's newspapers just within the past month. Through every chapter you can see terrorists aren't like us. Each group is motivated by a slightly different cause. However it is easy to say that they all aren't like the average American. We are fooling ourselves to think otherwise. The author does offer some great tips on how to fight terrorism. His tips are real thought provoking and worthy of a look by all.

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From ETA, The IRA, FARC to HAMAS, Hizballah ect.

Based on interviews and quotes, the author profiles many movements whether open insurgencies or relatively close - small groups. From Europe to America and the Middle East, strikingly many share the same "normal" perspective: "I'm fighting against the aggressor".

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