The making of a homegrown terrorist : brainwashing rebels in search of a cause /: brainwashing rebels in search of a cause. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter A. Olsson, MD.
• Other Names: Olsson, Peter Alan, 1941-
• Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The vulnerable in-betweeners and the children of terror -- Basic techniques of terrorists' brain washing and indoctrination -- In-betweener countries and communities -- The personal pathway model of terrorist development -- Adam Gadahn : a television voice of al Qaeda -- John Walker Lindh : the American Taliban -- Nidal Malik Hasan, MD : Fort Hood's jihadi doctor death -- Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo : an explosive conscientious objector -- Jose Padilla, Bryant Neal Vinas, and Sharif Mobley -- Richard Reid and Umar Farouck Abdulmutallab : UK and Nigeria's homegrowns -- Omar Hammani of Alabama : the jihadi next door -- Female homegrown terrorists : Aafia Siddiqui and Colleen Larose -- Right wing ideology and its violent fringe : Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kaczynski -- A left wing homegrown terrorist : Bill Ayers -- The Boston marathon bombers, Chechnya's history, and spiritual heirs of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki -- 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (216 pages)
• Subjects: 363.325; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism; Domestic terrorism; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Hate groups -- Computer network resources; Terrorists -- Biography; Political Science -- General; Psychology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216113652
• Related ISBNs: 9781440831010
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