The making of a homegrown terrorist : brainwashing rebels in search of a cause /

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Author / Creator:Olsson, Peter Alan, 1941- author.
Imprint:Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2014]
Description:x, 198 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9963943
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ISBN:9781440831010 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
1440831017 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
9781440831027 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Vulnerable In-Betweeners and the Children of Terror
  • 2. Basic Techniques of Terrorists' Brainwashing and Indoctrination
  • 3. In-Betweener Countries and Communities
  • 4. The Personal Pathway Model of Terrorist Development
  • 5. Adam Gadahn: A Television Voice of Al Qaeda
  • 6. John Walker Lindh: The American Taliban
  • 7. Nidal Malik Hasan, MD: Fort Hood's Jihadi Doctor of Death
  • 8. Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo: An Explosive Conscientious Objector
  • 9. Jose Padilla, Bryant Neal Vinas, and Sharif Mobley
  • 10. Richard Reid and Umar Farotik Abdulmutallab: UK and Nigeria's Homegrowns
  • 11. Omar Hammami of Alabama: The Jihadi Next Door
  • 12. Aafia Siddiqui and Colleen LaRose: Female Homegrown Terrorists
  • 13. Right Wing Ideology and Its Violent Fringe
  • 14. A Left Wing Homegrown Terrorist: Bill Ayers
  • 15. The Boston Marathon Bombers, Chechnya's History, and Spiritual Heirs of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki
  • 16. Decisions, Actions, and Responsibility of Homegrown Terrorists
  • Afterword: What We All Can Do to Help Prevent Homegrown Terrorism
  • Appendix I. Timeline of Homegrown Terrorist Actions
  • Appendix II. Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act
  • Appendix III. Recommended Reading List
  • Glossary
  • References and Works Consulted
  • Index