Talking to Terrorists: Understanding the Psycho-Social

Talking to Terrorists: Understanding the Psycho-Social Motivations of Militant Jihadi Terrorists, Mass Hostage Takers, Suicide Bombers & Martyrs to Combat ... in Prison & Community Rehabilitatio

This is an account, spanning over a decade, of traveling through the West Bank and Gaza, into the prisons in Iraq, down the alleyways of the Casa Blanca slums, inside Chechnya, into the radicalized neighborhoods of Belgium, the UK, France and the Netherlands, sitting with the hostages of Beslan and Nord Ost, and talking to terrorists....In its pages, Dr. Speckhard gives us an account of what puts vulnerable individuals on the terrorist trajectory and what might also take them back off it. One of the only experts to have such a breadth of experienceâ€”having interviewed over four hundred terrorists, their friends, family members and hostagesâ€”having visited, and even stayed overnight at times, in the intimate spaces of terroristsâ€™ homes, interviewing them in their stark prison cells and meeting them in the streets of their villages and cities, Dr. Speckhard gives us a rare glimpse of terrorists within their own contexts. From the mouths of terrorists, their family members, comradesâ€”and even their hostages, we learn of the manipulation of human weakness that can lead to their evil acts. Through careful research of culture and religion, and a genuine desire to understand the factors that motivate individuals to embrace terrorism, Dr. Speckhard deftly defines the lethal cocktail that leads to the creation of a terrorist. An internationally recognized expert on the psychological aspects of terrorism and an authority in the area of posttraumatic stress disorder, Dr. Speckhardâ€™s studies also produce a knowledge of how to disengage, deradicalize and rehabilitate a terrorist, reversing his or her trajectory. TALKING TO TERRORISTS reveals the humanity in us allâ€”especially in those we least expectâ€”and offers possibilities for achieving a safer world.
Country USA
Manufacturer Advances Press, LLC
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-09-11
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Advances Press, LLC
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-09-11
Format	Kindle eBook

Talking to Terrorists: Understanding the Psycho-Social Motivations of Militant Jihadi Terrorists, Mass Hostage Takers, Suicide Bombers & Martyrs to Combat ... in Prison & Community Rehabilitatio

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