TY - BOOK AU - Richardson,Louise TI - What terrorists want: understanding the enemy, containing the threat SN - 9780812975444 (pbk.) AV - HV6431 .R53 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Random HouseTrade Paperbacks KW - Terrorism KW - Terrorists KW - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 KW - September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 KW - Influence N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-296) and index N2 - How can the most powerful country in the world feel so threatened by an enemy infinitely weaker than we are? How can loving parents and otherwise responsible citizens join terrorist movements? How can anyone possibly believe that the cause of Islam can be advanced by murdering passengers on a bus or an airplane? In this important new book, groundbreaking scholar Louise Richardson answers these questions and more, providing an indispensable guide to the greatest challenge of our age. [--from publisher's website} ER -