What terrorists want : understanding the enemy, containing the threat / Louise Richardson.

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Richardson, Louise

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TextPublication details: New York : Random HouseTrade Paperbacks, 2007.Edition: 2007 Random House trade pbk. edDescription: xxii, 312 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780812975444 (pbk.)

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HV6431 .R53 2007

Summary: 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}

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Rabdan Academy General Stacks	Non-fiction	HV6431 .R53 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Available	157347
Books	Rabdan Academy General Stacks	Non-fiction	HV6431 .R53 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.2	Available	157348

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-296) and index.

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}

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