From the terrorists' point of view : what they experience and why they come to destroy
"Presenting a picture of the world giving rise to Islamic terrorism, From the Terrorists' Point of View argues that terrorism arises from a deep and pervasive identity crisis in Islamic societies. The account presented in these 10 chapters is shaped by the author's first-hand experiences of life in the Islamic world, as well as his more than quarter-century of research on the psychology of conflict and radicalism. Moghaddam shows us why individuals who are recruited into terrorist organizations are convinced it is the only viable alternative. They believe there are no effective legal means of expressing their grievances and participating in decision making, so they become socialized to see terrorist organizations as legitimate ... Lo oking at the perspective of the terrorist groups themselves, Moghaddam explains why current U.S. policy, focusing almost exclusively on individual terrorists and their eradication, will achieve only short-term gains. He argues that the more effective long-term policy against terrorism is prevention. That, he writes, requires cultivation and nourishment of contextualized democracy through culturally appropriate avenues."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2006
Praeger Security International, Westport, Conn., 2006
Nonfiction
xiv, 173 pages ; 24 cm
9780275988258, 0275988252
67869947
Why consider the terrorists' point of view?
Identity needs and globalization
The staircase to terrorism
Ground floor : growing dissatisfaction among the multitudes
First floor : how do we fight this unfair system?
Second floor : those Americans are to blame!
Third floor : the ends justify the means
Fourth floor : it's us against them
Fifth floor : this "heroic" act will improve the world
Contextualized democracy as a solution to terrorism
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