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What terrorists want : understanding the enemy, containing the threat / Louise Richardson.
TITLE:
What terrorists want : understanding the enemy, containing the threat / Louise Richardson.
Publication Date:
2006
Publication Information:
New York : Random House,
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
312 p.
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781400064816
General Note:
Includes index.