Recommended
Books on Terrorism
Osama
: The Making of a Terrorist
by JONATHAN
RANDAL
Hardcover from Knopf
Book Published: 24 August, 2004
See
No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
by Robert Baer
Hardcover - 288 pages (January 17, 2002)
Crown Pub; ISBN: 0609609874
American
Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us
by Steven Emerson
Some have said that the events of September 11 took every American
by surprise. That's not true. There were Cassandras among us warning about
the dangers of Islamic terrorism--and one of their leaders was Steven Emerson,
who must be ranked among the most fearless reporters in the world. As a
self-made expert on Islamic terrorism, he has invited the hatred of violent
murderers. (At least one group has marked him for assassination; he was
offered enrollment in the federal witness protection program, but refused).
For more than 10 years, Emerson has soldiered on, studying groups that
operate in the United States for the express purpose of funding and managing
deadly organizations. American Jihad summarizes what he has learned,
and it isn't comforting. Emerson shows how the Palestinian terrorist group
Hamas has grown an extensive network in the United States, how the group
Islamic Jihad set up shop at the University of South Florida, and how an
Islamic center in Tucson helped recruit two of Osama bin Laden's top deputies.
He also provides circumstantial evidence that bin Laden himself once applied
for an American visa--"even the possibility is tantalizing, and chilling,"
he concludes. He urges Americans to fight back, but worries that time is
short: "We are still vulnerable." This is an important book, and a sobering
one. --John Miller, Amazon.com
Hardcover - 261 pages (February 2002)
Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 0743233247 |
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid
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Imperial
Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
by Anonymous
The war on terror has created near unanimity on many points, at least
within the American press and political leadership. One essential point
of agreement: al Qaeda specifically and radical Islamism in general are
stirred by a hatred of modernity. Or as President George W. Bush has articulated
repeatedly, they hate freedom. Nonsense, responds the nameless author of
this work and 2003's Through Our Enemies' Eyes (the senior U.S. intelligence
official's identity became an open secret by publication date). Indeed,
he grimly and methodically discards common wisdom throughout this scathing
and compelling take on counterterrorism. Imperial Hubris is not a book
that will cheer Americans, regardless of their perspectives on the post-9/11
environment. We are, the author notes, losing the war on terror. Hawks
will squirm as the author heaps contempt on U.S. missions in Afghanistan
(too little, too late) and Iraq ("a sham causing more instability than
it prevents"), but opponents of Bush administration policies may blanch
at Anonymous' suggestion that what's needed is for the West to "proceed
with relentless, brutal, and, yes, blood-soaked offensive military actions
until we have annihilated the Islamists who threaten us." Quoting the at-all-cost
likes of William Tecumseh Sherman and Curtis Lemay on one hand and contending
that unrelenting military measures be accompanied by concessions to the
ideology of the militants on the other are unlikely to curry widespread
support from either side of the divide. And how will readers conditioned
to references to Osama bin Laden as a deranged gangster or simple-minded
fanatic with deep pockets digest the respect accorded "the most popular
anti-American leader in the world today"? Imperial Hubris clearly wasn't
written to win friends, though the author believes it's essential that
his words influence people at the top. Whether it will is debatable, but
that this blunt, forceful, urgently argued polemic recharges the discussion
is a foregone conclusion. --Steven Stolder - Amazon.com
Hardcover from Brassey's Inc
Book Published: 15 July, 2004
Through
Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam & the Future of America
by Anonymous
Paperback from Brassey's Inc
Book Published: 01 February, 2003
Through
Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America
by Anonymous
Hardcover from Brassey's Inc
Book Published: June, 2002
Holy
War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden
by Peter
l. Bergen
Paperback from Free Press
Book Published: 04 June, 2002
Forbidden
Truth: U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia and the Failed Search
for bin Laden
by Jean-Charles
Brisard, Guillaume
Dasquie, Wayne
Madsen
Paperback from Nation Books
Book Published: 10 July, 2002
The
New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism
by Simon
Reeve
Hardcover from Northeastern University Press
Book Published: 01 November, 1999
Al
Qaeda's Great Escape: The Military and the Media on Terror's Trail
by Philip
Smucker
Hardcover from Brassey's Inc
Book Published: 01 April, 2004
The
al-Qaeda Documents: Vol. 1
by Ben
Venzke
Paperback from Tempest Pub
Book Published: 08 January, 2002
Jihad,
Mujahideen, Taliban, Osama bin Laden, George W. Bush & Oil: A Study
in the Evolution of Terrorism & Islam
by Arthur
Frederick Ide, Jacob
Ronald Auliff
Paperback from Tangelwuld Press
Book Published: 17 March, 2002
The
Terrorist Trap: America s Experience with Terrorism, Second Edition
by Jeffrey D. Simon
(Paperback)
Warriors
of the Prophet : The Struggle for Islam
by Mark Huband
(Hardcover - September 1998)
Study
of Revenge
by Laurie Mylroie
(Hardcover)
Unholy
Wars : Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism
by John K. Cooley
(Hardcover)
Living
Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist
Catastrophe
by Michael T., Ph.D. Osterholm, John Schwartz
(Paperback - September 2001)
Living
Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist
Catastrophe
by Michael T. Osterholm, John Schwartz
(Hardcover - September 2000)
Terrorism
& The Constitution-Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National
Security
by James X. Dempsey, David Cole
(Paperback)
The Nostradamus Prophecy
by John S. Powell
Listed under Fiction - War Stories
Business
Handbook on Terrorism, Security and Survival : A Proactive Guide for Personal
Security in Today's Business Environment
by Gerry S. Thomas
(Paperback - November 1995)
Combating
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Terrorism : A Comprehensive
Strategy : A Report of the Csis Homeland Defense Project)
by Frank J. Cilluffo, et al
(Paperback)
Counter
Terrorist Law & the Emerging Powers in the UK 1922-2000: Emergency
Law in the Northern Irish Context
by Laura K. Donohue
(Hardcover)
Insurgency
& Terrorism : Inside Modern Revolutionary Warfare
by Bard E. O'Neill, Edward C. Meyer
(Paperback)
The
Ultimate Terrorists
by Jessica Stern
(Paperback - October 2000)
Death
in the Air: Globalism, Terrorism & Toxic Warfare
by Leonard Horowitz
(Hardcover - May 2001)
Dirty
War, Clean Hands : ETA, The Gal and Spanish Democracy
by Paddy Woodworth
(Hardcover)
Bel
Canto
by Ann Patchett
(Hardcover - May 2001)
Toxic
Terror: Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemcial and Biological Weapons
by Jonathan B. Tucker (Editor)
(Hardcover - May 2000)
Unspeakable
Truths : Confronting State Terror and Atrocity
by Priscilla B. Hayner
(Hardcover - December 2000)
The
Black Book of Communism : Crimes, Terror, Repression
by Stephane Courtois, et al
(Hardcover - October 1999)
Underground
by Haruki Murakami, et al
The lethal gas sarin was distributed into the Tokyo underground railway
by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in 1995, killing and injuring many
Japanese travellers. This is the account of that episode by acclaimed Japanese
author Murakami. Dropbears.com
Paperback - 366 pages (April 10, 2001)
Vintage Books; ISBN: 0375725806
Telex
: Iran : In the Name of Revolution
by Gilles Peress (Photographer)
(Hardcover - June 1998)
The
Great Terror : A Reassessment
by Robert Conquest
(Paperback - October 1991)
The
Big U
by Neal Stephenson
(Paperback - February 2001)
Final
Target
by Iris Johansen
(Hardcover - June 2001)
Bombs,
Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs : Intelligence and America's Quest for Security
by Loch K. Johnson
(Hardcover - November 2000)
One
Day in September : The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre
and the Israeli Revenge Operation, Wrath of God
by Simon Reeve
(Hardcover - September 2000)
Black
Sunday
by Thomas Harris
(Hardcover - June 2000)
Combat
Terrorism: Foreign and Domestic; Steps and Procedures to Protect Yourself,
Your Family, and Your Employees Against the Next Wave
by Lenzy Kelley
(Paperback - February 2001)
Six
Nightmares: Real Threats in a Dangerous World and How America Can Meet
Them
by Anthony Lake
(Hardcover - October 2000)
Real
Terror Network : Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda
by Edward S. Herman
(Paperback - June 1998)
The
New Face of Terrorism : Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction
by Nadine Gurr, Benjamin Cole
(Paperback - November 2000)
Silent Death : The Threat of Chemical and Biological Terrorism
by Kathlyn Gay
Listed under Chemical Warfare
Others Unknown: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy
by Stephen Jones, Peter Israel (Contributor)
Listed under Oklahoma
City Bombing
Pan Am 103 : The Lockerbie Cover-Up
by William C. Chasey
Listed under Aviation
Disasters
Miles to Go Before I Sleep : My Grateful Journey Back from the Hijacking
of Egyptair Flight 648
by Jackie Nink Pflug
Listed under Aviation
Disasters
The
Shankill Butchers
by Martin Dillon
A chilling, stomach-turning study of Northern Ireland's infamous Shankill
Butchers, a Loyalist gang of murderers who preyed on Belfast's Catholic
population. Kirkus Reviews
Paperback - 288 pages 1 edition (March 1999)
Routledge; ISBN: 0415922313
Jackal
: The Complete Story of the Legendary Terrorist, Carlos the Jackal
by John Follain
(Paperback - December 2000)
Hostage
Rescue Manual : Tactics of the Counter-Terrorist Professionals
by Leroy Thompson
(Paperback - July 2001)
Tragedy
to Triumph : A Terrorist Attack Survivor Story
by Paul A. Blais, K. J., II Vigue
(Paperback - June 2001)
Terrorism
: An Introduction (Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series)
by Jonathan R. White
Wadsworth Pub Co
Paperback - 300 pages
2nd edition (September 1997)
Maritime Terror: Protecting Your Vessel and Your Crew Against Piracy
by Jim Gray, et al
(Paperback)
Listed under Merchant Marine
Preparing
Your Company for Terrorist Attack
by James E. Lukaszewski, Brian R. Hollstein
(Paperback - September 1998)
Food
and Agricultural Security : Guarding Against Natural Threats and Terrorist
Attacks Affecting Health, National Food Supplies, and Agricultural eco
by Thomas W. Frazier (Editor), Drew C. Richardson (Editor)
(Paperback - July 2000)
Fear
of Fear: A Survey of Terrorist Operations and Controls in Open Societies
by John B. Wolf
(Paperback - November 1981)
The
True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist (Harvest Book)
by Breyten Breytenbach, Rike Vaughan (Translator)
(Paperback - September 1994)
Apartheid in South Africa - Highly recommended
The Red Brigades and Left-Wing Terrorism in Italy
Raimondo Catanzaro (Editor)
Hardcover / Published 1991
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Books
Biological Terrorism & Weapons of Mass Destruction (Ideas in
Conflict)
by Gary E. McCuen (Editor)
(Hardcover - February 1999)
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Eco-Terrorism & Eco-Extremism Against Agriculture
by Joseph A. Miller, R. M. Miller (Spiral-bound)
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Books
Triumph of Disorder: Islamic Fundamentalism, the New Face of War
by Morgan Norval
(Hardcover - April 1999)
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