The Making of a Terrorist [Three Volumes] Recruitment, Training, and Root Causes
Volume I
Recruitment
Volume II
Training
Volume III
Root Causes

Subjects:

• Military Studies » Military & Politics
• Political Science » International Relations
• Psychology » Psychology (General)
• Military Studies » Military Studies (General)

Reviews:

• In this three-volume set, Forest brings together articles by over 50 international experts that address three areas: Recruitment (Volume 1), Training (Volume 2), and Root Causes (Volume 3). The word terrorism comes from the Latin terrere (to cause to tremble), explains Forest, and although there is no consensus on the modern definition of terrorism, it is commonly known as acts of politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents. With a special emphasis on the psychological, social, ideological, and religious aspects of terrorism recruitment....[t]his is a wise investment.
  —Library Journal November 15, 2005
• [A] useful and practical reference for commanders, planners, and analysts. As its title suggests, the three volume set aims to provide an understanding of terrorist phenomena, focusing on the actual mechanics of terrorism....What emerges from these studies is a collage of terrorist practices as they are, and not a neat, coherent, and artificial portrait of causes and cures for terrorism. The Making of a Terrorist, therefore provides essential and accessible background reading for the military practitioner in the War on Terrorism....The Making of a Terrorist provides practitioners with increments of understanding on which they can base a variety of solutions to a myriad of threats. Based on that understanding, we can then begin to formulate a response. The Making of a Terrorist is not the answer, but it helps to frame the question.
  —Parameters Winter 2006-07
• The Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training, and Root Causes surpasses all other lighter treatments on the topic, providing the depth which makes it highly recommendable to security collections, military libraries, and more. Three weighty volumes thoroughly cover the topic....This set is an invaluable 'must' for any seeking more depth and detail than the usual casual reviews of problems and theories.
  —Midwest Book Review's California BookWatch March 2006
• The library of worthwhile works on terrorism is about to grow exponentially with the publication of a massive three-volume compendium, The Making of a Terrorist, edited by James J. F. Forest, director of terrorism studies at the U.S. Military Academy.
  The three volumes examine, respectively, recruitment, training, and root causes. Each volume contains useful and original work by journalists, government officials, and academics. But the third book, dealing with root causes, is by far the most valuable....Who are they? Does it matter who they are, or is it enough to know what they do? What drives them? We don't seem any closer to the answers than we were on September 10, 2001, but at least now, with the help of work such as that represented in The Making of a Terrorist, we're beginning to ask the questions.
  —Wilson Quarterly Winter 2006

Table of Contents:

• VOLUME I: RECRUITMENT
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction to Volume I
• PART I: PLACES AND MEANS OF TERRORIST RECRUITMENT
• Innovative Recruitment and Indoctrination Tactics by Extremists: Video Games, Hip Hop, and the World Wide Web
• Prisons as Terrorist Breeding Grounds
• Communication and Recruitment of Terrorists
• Terrorist Dot Com: Using the Internet for Terrorist Recruitment and Mobilization
• Education and Radicalization: Jemaah Islamiyah Recruitment in Southeast Asia
• Recruitment for Rebellion and Terrorism in the Philippines
• PART II: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS
• The New Children of Terror
• Hamas Social Welfare: In the Service of Terror
• Terrorism, Gender and Ideology: A Case Study of Women who Join the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC)
• The Making of Suicide Bombers: A Comparative Perspective
• Unresolved Trauma and the Thirst for Revenge: The Retributional Terrorist
• PART III: IDEOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS
• Political and Revolutionary Ideologies
• The Role of Religious Ideology in Terrorist Recruitment
• Christian Fundamentalism and Militia Movements in the United States
• Political Islam: Violence and the Wahhabi Connection
• Jihad Doctrine and Radical Islam
• Zionism and the Pursuit of West Bank Settlements
• Appendix A: Profiles of Terrorist Organizations
• Appendix B: Al Qaeda Declarations of War
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Contributors
• VOLUME II: TRAINING
• Introduction to Volume II
• PART I: TEACHING TOOLS AND DEVELOPMENTAL EXPERIENCES
• When Hatred is Bred in the Bone: The Socio-Cultural Underpinnings of Terrorist Psychology
• Training for Terrorism through Selective Moral Disengagement
• Cults, Charismatic Groups and Social Systems: Understanding the Behavior of Terrorist Recruits
• The Psychological Power of Charismatic Leaders in Cults and Terrorist Organizations
• Teaching Terrorism: Dimensions of Information and Technology
• Mediated Terrorism: Teaching Terror through Propaganda and Publicity
• PART II: CASE STUDIES OF TERRORIST LEARNING
• Training for Urban Resistance: The Case of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
• Teaching New Terrorist Recruits: A Review of Training Manuals from the Uzbekistan Mujahideen
• Learning to Die: Suicide Terrorism in the 21st Century
• The Al Qaeda Training Camps of Afghanistan and Beyond
• The Bosnian Mujahideen: Origins, Training and Implications
• Indoctrination Processes Within Jemaah Islamiyah
• Christian Militia Training: Arming the Troops with Scripture, the Law and a Good Gun
• The Hizballah Training Camps of Lebanon
• The Human Factor in Insurgency: Recruitment and Training in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
• The Making of Aum Shinrikyos Chemical Weapons Program
• Terrorist Training Centers Around the World: A Brief Review
• Appendix: Examples of Training Manuals for Terrorism and Guerilla Warfare
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Contributors
• VOLUME III: ROOT CAUSES
• Introduction to Volume III
• PART I: POLITICAL DIMENSIONS
• Instability and Opportunity: The Origins of Terrorism in Weak and Failed States
• Superpower Foreign Policies: A Source for Global Resentment
• A Failure to Communicate: American Public Diplomacy in the Islamic World
• The Complex Relationship between Global Terrorism and U.S. Support for Israel
• Political Repression and Violent Rebellion in the Muslim World
• Rejection of Political Institutions by Right Wing Extremists in the United States
• PART II: RELIGIOUS AND SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS
• Religious Sources of Violence
• Terrorism and Doomsday
• Fueling The Fires: The Oil Factor in Middle Eastern Terrorism
• Socioeconomic and Demographic Roots of Terrorism
• The Intersection of Terrorism and the Drug Trade
• Terrorism and Export Economies: The Dark Side of Free Trade
• PART III: ALTERNATIVE VIEWS ON ROOT CAUSES OF TERRORISM
• Terrorism, Interdependence and Democracy
• Human Security and Good Governance: A Living Systems Approach to Understanding and Combating Terrorism
• Terrorism and the State: The Logic of Killing Civilians
• Digging Deep: Environment and Geography as Root Influences for Terrorism
• Dealing with the Roots of Terror
• Appendix: Recommended Resources for the Study of Terrorism
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Contributors