Kirjasuositukset: Terrorismi, radikalismi ja ääri-ilmiöt

[MustaLeski]

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements - Eric Hoffer

The True Believer is a visionary, highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one.

Empire of Fear: Inside the Islamic State - Andrew Hosken

BBC reporter Andrew Hosken delivers the inside story on Islamic State. Through extensive first-hand reporting, Hosken builds a comprehensive picture of IS, their brutal ideology and exterminationist methods.

ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror - Michael Weiss, Hassan Hassan

In ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, American journalist Michael Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who behead Western hostages in slickly produced videos and have conquered territory equal to the size of Great Britain.

ISIS: The State of Terror - Jessica Stern, J. M. Berger

Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger, two of America’s leading experts on terrorism, dissect the new model for violent extremism that ISIS has leveraged into an empire of death in Iraq and Syria, and an international network that is rapidly expanding in the Middle East, North Africa and around the world.

[Ibn Matti]

Robert Spencerin tuorein kirja Islamilaisesta Valtiosta:

The Complete Infidel's Guide to ISIS

But who are they? Where did ISIS come from, and how did they rise to power in so little time? What is driving them—and how can they be stopped?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1621574539

[MustaLeski]

Assata: An Autobiography - Assata Shakur

In 2013 Assata Shakur, founding member of the Black Liberation Army, former Black Panther and godmother of Tupac Shakur, became the first ever woman to make the FBI's most wanted terrorist list.

Assata Shakur's trial and conviction for the murder of a white state trooper in the spring of 1973 divided America. Her case quickly became emblematic of race relations and police brutality in the USA. While Assata's detractors continue to label her a ruthless killer, her defenders cite her as the victim of a systematic, racist campaign to criminalize and suppress black nationalist organizations.

This intensely personal and political autobiography reveals a sensitive and gifted woman, far from the fearsome image of her that is projected by the powers that be. With wit and candour Assata recounts the formative experiences that led her to embrace a life of activism. With pained awareness she portrays the strengths, weaknesses and eventual demise of black and white revolutionary groups at the hands of the state.

[MustaLeski]

The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice - Zak Ebrahim

What is it like to grow up with a terrorist in your home? Zak Ebrahim was only seven years old when, on November 5th, 1990, his father El-Sayyid Nosair shot and killed the leader of the Jewish Defense League. While in prison, Nosair helped plan the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. In one of his infamous video messages, Osama bin Laden urged the world to “Remember El-Sayyid Nosair.”

For Zak Ebrahim, a childhood amongst terrorism was all he knew. After his father’s incarceration, his family moved often, and as the perpetual new kid in class, he faced constant teasing and exclusion. Yet, though his radicalized father and uncles modeled fanatical beliefs, to Ebrahim something never felt right. To the shy, awkward boy, something about the hateful feelings just felt unnatural.

In this book, Ebrahim dispels the myth that terrorism is a foregone conclusion for people trained to hate. Based on his own remarkable journey, he shows that hate is always a choice—but so is tolerance. Though Ebrahim was subjected to a violent, intolerant ideology throughout his childhood, he did not become radicalized. Ebrahim argues that people conditioned to be terrorists are actually well positioned to combat terrorism, because of their ability to bring seemingly incompatible ideologies together in conversation and advocate in the fight for peace. Ebrahim argues that everyone, regardless of their upbringing or circumstances, can learn to tap into their inherent empathy and embrace tolerance over hatred. His original, urgent message is fresh, groundbreaking, and essential to the current discussion about terrorism.

[MustaLeski]

One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway - Asne Seierstad

On 22 July 2011 Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 of his fellow Norwegians in a terrorist atrocity that shocked the world. Many were teenagers, just beginning their adult lives. In the devastating aftermath, the inevitable questions began. How could this happen? Why did it happen? And who was Anders Breivik?

Åsne Seierstad was uniquely placed to explore these questions. An award-winning foreign correspondent, she had spent years writing about people caught up in violent conflict. Now, for the first time, she was being asked to write about her home country.

Based on extensive testimonies and interviews, One of Us is the definitive account of the massacres and the subsequent trial.

[juonikasmies]

Georg Büchner - Lenz

Georg Büchner's visionary exploration of an 18th-century playwright's descent into madness, has been called the inception of European modernist prose. [...] Published posthumously in 1839, Lenz provides a taut case study of three weeks in the life of a schizophrenic, perhaps the first third-person text ever to be written from the "inside" of insanity. An early experiment in docufiction, Büchner's textual montage draws on the diary of J.F.Oberlin, the Alsation pastor who briefly took care of Lenz in 1778, while also refracting Goethe's memoir of his troubled friendship with the playwright.

"[...] At table Lenz was again in fine spirits, the talk turned into literature, he was in his element; the era of idealism was just then beginning, Kaufmann was among its adherents, Lenz vehemently disagreed. He said: the writers who were purported to offer up reality had no idea of what it was, even though they were more bearable than those who wanted to transfigure it. He said: the good Lord has without a doubt made the world as it should be and there is no way we can scratch together anything better, our sole goal should be to imitate him in a small way. What I demand in all things is life, the potentiality of existence, and that's that; we need then not ask whether it be beautiful or ugly, the feeling that whatever's been created possesses life outweighs these two and should be the sole criterion in matters of art. [...]"

[MustaLeski]

Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance - Ian Buruma

Ian Buruma 's Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that "insulted the prophet Mohammed." The murder sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the event and its larger meaning as part of the great dilemma of our time.

[MustaLeski]

Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can't Ignore - Jay Sekulow

Jay Sekulow, one of America’s most influential attorneys, closely examines the rise of the terrorist groups ISIS and Hamas, explains their objectives and capabilities and how, if left undefeated, their existence could unleash a genocide of historic proportions.

The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State - William McCants

Based almost entirely on primary sources in Arabic-including ancient religious texts and secret al-Qaeda and Islamic State letters that few have seen - William McCants' The ISIS Apocalypse explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophecy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future.

Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue

In this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former radical, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? The authors demonstrate how two people with very different views can find common ground.

Radical: My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening - Maajid Nawaz

Born and raised in Essex, Maajid Nawaz was recruited into politicised Islam as a teenager. Abandoning his love of hip hop music, graffiti and girls, he was recruited into Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Liberation Party) where he played a leading and international role in the shaping and dissemination of an aggressive anti-West narrative. While studying for his Arabic and law degree, he travelled around the UK and to Denmark and Pakistan, setting up new cells.

Arriving in Egypt the day before 9/11 his views soon led to his arrest, imprisonment and mental torture, before being thrown into solitary confinement in a Cairo jail reserved for political prisoners. There, while mixing with everyone from the assassins of Egypt's president to Liberal reformists, he underwent an intellectual transformation and on his release after four years, he publically renounced the Islamist ideology that had defined his life. This move would cost him his marriage, his family and his friends as well as his own personal security.

Six years after his release, Maajid now works all over the world to counter Islamism and to promote democratic ideals through his organisation, The Quilliam Foundation, which he co-founded with former Islamist and bestselling author Ed Husain.

Murder in the Name of Honor: The True Story of One Woman's Heroic Fight Against an Unbelievable Crime - Rana Husseini

Murder in the Name of Honor is Rana Husseini’s hard-hitting and controversial examination of honor crimes. Common in many traditional societies around the world, as well as in migrant communities in Europe and the USA, they involve a ‘punishment’—often death or disfigurement—carried out by a relative to restore the family’s honor. Breaking through the conspiracy of silence surrounding this crime, one writer above all others has been instrumental in bringing it to the world’s attention: Rana Husseini. Journalist, feminist, and human rights defender, Jordanian Rana Husseini is one of the world's most influential investigative journalists, whose consistent reporting of honor crimes has put violence against women on the public agenda around the world.

Guantánamo Diary -  Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Since 2002, Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered to be released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to let him go.

Three years into his captivity Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody and daily life as a detainee. His diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir - terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. Published now for the first time, Guantánamo Diary is a document of immense historical importance.

[MustaLeski]

Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War - Mike Smith

An insurgency in Nigeria by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has left thousands dead, shaken Africa’s biggest country and worried the world. Yet it remains a mysterious – almost unknowable – organisation.

United States of Jihad: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists - Peter Bergen

Since 9/11, more than three hundred Americans—born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere—have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight abroad: an American was among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more than eighty U.S. citizens have been charged with ISIS-related crimes. Others have acted on American soil, as with the attacks at Fort Hood, the Boston Marathon, and in San Bernardino. What motivates them, how are they trained, and what do we sacrifice in our efforts to track them?

Terrorism Financing and State Responses: A Comparative Perspective - Jeanne K. Giraldo

Financial and material resources are correctly perceived as the life blood of terrorist operations, and governments have determined that fighting the financial infrastructure of terrorist organizations is the key to their defeat.

Terrorism: A History - Randall Law

Terrorism is one of the forces defining our age, but it has also been around since some of the earliest civilizations. This one-of-a-kind study of the history of terrorism — from ancient Assyria to the post-9/11 War on Terror — puts terrorism into broad historical, political, religious and social context.

Terrorism: A Philosophical Investigation - Igor Primoratz

This is the first comprehensive study of the core philosophical questions posed by terrorism such as: How should we define it? Is it morally distinctive? Can it be morally justified?

The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan - Kim Barker

Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent—she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about our ability to win hearts and minds in the region. In The Taliban Shuffle, Barker offers an insider’s account of the “forgotten war” in Afghanistan and Pakistan, chronicling the years after America’s initial routing of the Taliban, when we failed to finish the job.

When Barker arrives in Kabul, foreign aid is at a record low, electricity is a pipe dream, and of the few remaining foreign troops, some aren’t allowed out after dark. Meanwhile, in the vacuum left by the U.S. and NATO, the Taliban is regrouping as the Afghan and Pakistani governments floun­der. Barker watches Afghan police recruits make a travesty of practice drills and observes the disorienting turnover of diplomatic staff. She is pursued romantically by the former prime minister of Pakistan and sees adrenaline-fueled col­leagues disappear into the clutches of the Taliban. And as her love for these hapless countries grows, her hopes for their stability and security fade.

It IS About Islam: Exposing the Truth About ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the Caliphate - Glenn Beck

From the barbarians of ISIS to the terror tactics of Al-Qaeda and its offshoots, to the impending threat of a nuclear Iran, those motivated by extreme fundamentalist Islamic faith have the power to endanger and kill millions. The conflict with them will not end until we face the truth about those who find their inspiration and justification in the religion itself.

Inside Terrorism - Bruce Hoffman

Bruce Hoffman's Inside Terrorism has remained a seminal work for understanding the historical evolution of terrorism and the terrorist mindset. In this revised edition of the classic text, Hoffman analyzes the new adversaries, motivations, and tactics of global terrorism that have emerged in recent years, focusing specifically on how al Qaeda has changed since 9/11; the reasons behind its resiliency, resonance, and longevity; and its successful use of the Internet and videotapes to build public support and gain new recruits. Hoffman broadens the discussion by evaluating the potential repercussions of the Iraqi insurgency, the use of suicide bombers, terrorist exploitation of new communications media, and the likelihood of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear terrorist strike.

The Ghost Warriors: Inside Israel's Undercover War Against Suicide Terrorism - Samuel M. Katz

It was the deadliest terror campaign ever mounted against a nation in modern times: the al-Aqsa, or Second, Intifada. This is the untold story of how Israel fought back with an elite force of undercover operatives, drawn from the nation’s diverse backgrounds and ethnicities—and united in their ability to walk among the enemy as no one else dared.

[MustaLeski]

Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian Liberation - Sarah Irving

Dubbed 'the poster girl of Palestinian militancy', Leila Khaled's image flashed across the world after she hijacked a passenger jet in 1969. The picture of a young, determined looking woman with a checkered scarf, clutching an AK-47, was as era-defining as that of Che Guevara. In this intimate profile, based on interviews with Khaled and those who know her, Sarah Irving gives us the life-story behind the image. Key moments of Khaled's turbulent life are explored, including the dramatic events of the hijackings, her involvement in the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (a radical element within the PLO), her opposition to the Oslo peace process and her activism today.Leila Khaled's example gives unique insights into the Palestinian struggle through one remarkable life – from the tension between armed and political struggle, to the decline of the secular left and the rise of Hamas, and the role of women in a largely male movement.

[MustaLeski]

Rebel Hearts: Journeys Within the IRA's Soul - Kevin Toolis

For ten years Kevin Toolis investigated the lives of the IRA soldiers who wage a secret battle against the British State. His journeys took him from the back kitchens of Belfast, where men joked while making two-thousand-pound bombs, to prisons for interviews with men serving life sentences, and to the graveyards where mourners weep. Each chapter explores a world where history, faith, and human savagery determine life and death. At once moving and harrowing, Rebel Hearts is the most authoritative and insightful book ever written on the IRA.

[Veikko]

Georg Büchner - Lenz

Georg Büchner's visionary exploration of an 18th-century playwright's descent into madness, has been called the inception of European modernist prose. [...] Published posthumously in 1839, Lenz provides a taut case study of three weeks in the life of a schizophrenic, perhaps the first third-person text ever to be written from the "inside" of insanity. An early experiment in docufiction, Büchner's textual montage draws on the diary of J.F.Oberlin, the Alsation pastor who briefly took care of Lenz in 1778, while also refracting Goethe's memoir of his troubled friendship with the playwright.

"[...] At table Lenz was again in fine spirits, the talk turned into literature, he was in his element; the era of idealism was just then beginning, Kaufmann was among its adherents, Lenz vehemently disagreed. He said: the writers who were purported to offer up reality had no idea of what it was, even though they were more bearable than those who wanted to transfigure it. He said: the good Lord has without a doubt made the world as it should be and there is no way we can scratch together anything better, our sole goal should be to imitate him in a small way. What I demand in all things is life, the potentiality of existence, and that's that; we need then not ask whether it be beautiful or ugly, the feeling that whatever's been created possesses life outweighs these two and should be the sole criterion in matters of art. [...]"

Georg Büchnerin liian vähäiseksi jäänyt - mahtuu yhteen niteeseen - tuotanto on kiehtonut minua aina. Ilosanomani tässä kaikille Büchnerista kiinnostuneille on, että hänen koko tuotantonsa on myös saatavana suomeksi. Myös yhtenä niteenä, kuten minunkin Büchnerini - Lenz ja kaikki (Georg Büchner: Teokset ja kirjeet -  Love Kirjat 1984).

[Veikko]

Kommunismin musta kirja - Rikokset, terrori, sorto on perusteos jokaiseen kotiin. Teos, joka avaa silmiä, puhdistaa ilmaa ja kaataa myyttejä niin että ryskyy. Ajankohtaisuuskin on valitettavan taattu nykyisessä rikoksen, terrorin ja sorron jälkisosialististen unelmien ja kiihkomielisyyden ilmapiirissä.

Stéphane Courtois, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Panné, Andrzej Paczkowski, Karel Bartošek, Jean-Louis Margolin: Kommunismin musta kirja - Rikokset, terrori, sorto (WSOY 2001).

[MustaLeski]

Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS - Joby Warrick

In a thrilling dramatic narrative, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread to become the world's greatest threat.

Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists - Scott Atran

In this rigorous and challenging work that combines the penetrating insight of "The Looming Tower" and the historical sweep and scope of "Guns, Germs, and Steel," renowned social scientist Scott Atran traces terrorism's root causes in human evolution and history, touching on the nature of faith, the origins of society, the limits of reason, and the power of moral values.

Atran interviews and investigates Al Qaeda associates and acolytes, including Jemaah Islamiyah, Lashkar-e-Tayibah, and the Madrid train bombers, as well as other non-Qaeda groups, such as Hamas and the Taliban, and their sponsoring communities, from the jungles of Southeast Asia and the political wastelands of the Middle East to New York, London, and Madrid. His conclusions are startling, important, and sure to be controversial.

Terrorists, he reminds us, are social beings, influenced by social connections and values familiar to us all, as members of school clubs, sports teams, or community organizations. When notions of the homeland, a family of friends, and a band of brothers are combined with the zeal of belief, amazing things--both good and bad--are possible: the passage of civil rights legislation, the U.S. Olympic hockey team's victory in 1980, the destruction of 9/11 and the attacks on the London Underground in July 2005.

Atran corrects misconceptions about suicide bombers and radical Islam, explaining how our tolerance for faith enables extremists to flourish, and shows why atheism and science education have little effect. Going beyond analysis, he offers practical solutions that can help us identify terrorists today, prevent the creation of future terrorists, and ultimately make the world a safer place for everyone.

[MustaLeski]

While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within - Bruce Bawer

The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did not hold, and the light of civilization nearly went out. Today, the continent has entered yet another “Weimar moment.” Will Europeans rise to the challenge posed by radical Islam, or will they cave in once again to the extremists?

As an American living in Europe since 1998, Bruce Bawer has seen this problem up close. Across the continent—in Amsterdam, Oslo, Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and Stockholm—he encountered large, rapidly expanding Muslim enclaves in which women were oppressed and abused, homosexuals persecuted and killed, “infidels” threatened and vilified, Jews demonized and attacked, barbaric traditions (such as honor killing and forced marriage) widely practiced, and freedom of speech and religion firmly repudiated.

The European political and media establishment turned a blind eye to all this, selling out women, Jews, gays, and democratic principles generally—even criminalizing free speech—in order to pacify the radical Islamists and preserve the illusion of multicultural harmony. The few heroic figures who dared to criticize Muslim extremists and speak up for true liberal values were systematically slandered as fascist bigots. Witnessing the disgraceful reaction of Europe’s elites to 9/11, to the terrorist attacks on Madrid, Beslan, and London, and to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Bawer concluded that Europe was heading inexorably down a path to cultural suicide.

Europe's Muslim communities are powder kegs, brimming with an alienation born of the immigrants’ deep antagonism toward an infidel society that rejects them and compounded by misguided immigration policies that enforce their segregation and empower the extremists in their midst. The mounting crisis produced by these deeply perverse and irresponsible policies finally burst onto our television screens in October 2005, as Paris and other European cities erupted in flames.

WHILE EUROPE SLEPT is the story of one American’s experience in Europe before and after 9/11, and of his many arguments with Europeans about the dangers of militant Islam and America’s role in combating it. This brave and invaluable book—with its riveting combination of eye-opening reportage and blunt, incisive analysis—is essential reading for anyone concerned about the fate of Europe and what it portends for the United States.

[MustaLeski]

ISIS: A History - Fawas A. Gerges

An authoritative introduction to arguably the most important conflict in the world today, this is an essential book for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the social turmoil and political violence ravaging the Arab-Islamic world.

The Girl Who Beat ISIS: Farida's Story - Farida Khalaf

Farida showed incredible courage in the face of the unthinkable, and now with The Girl Who Beat ISIS she bravely relives her story to bear witness. Searing and immediate, this is the first memoir by a young woman that shows first-hand what life is like for innocents caught up in the maelstrom of day-to-day life with ISIS.

[MustaLeski]

My Year Inside Radical Islam - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Searching for new meaning, student Daveed Gartenstein-Ross converted to Islam — but found himself tempted by radical ideals. His journey in and out of the world of extremism, culminating in his becoming an FBI informant, “will be an eye-opener” (Booklist) for those seeking to understand the origins of religious fanaticism.

[Lady Deadpool]

PäivitellääNpä tänne hieman uutta, mielenkiintoista materiaalia. The Intercept_ julkaisi hyvä kirjoituksen kirjasta nimeltä Misunderstanding Terrorism, kirjoittanut Marc Sageman.

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/13/misunderstanding-terrorism-how-the-us-vs-them-mentality-will-never-stop-attacks/ (13.5.2017)

“Misunderstanding Terrorism” analyzes every jihadist terrorist plot that occurred in the United States and Europe over a 10-year period ending in 2012. The study excludes nonviolent terror-related cases, such as those involving financial donations or other material support charges, as well as sting operations in which plots were developed by agent provocateurs — a tactic favored by U.S. law enforcement agencies but viewed with skepticism in many European countries. His research comes to two broad conclusions. The first is that violent terrorist plots in Western countries are a statistically tiny phenomenon, which makes blanket counterterrorism approaches an ill-suited response. The second takeaway is that “social identity theory” — that is, how people self-identify in a crisis — is the primary motivating factor behind terrorist attacks.

Toinen, kohtuullisen uusi julkaisu on kirja nimeltä The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain, kirjoittajana Sayeeda Warsi.

Britain has often found groups within its borders whom it does not trust, whom it feels have a belief, culture, practice or agenda which runs contrary to those of the majority. From Catholics to Jews, miners to trade unionists , Marxists to liberals and even homosexuals, all have at times been viewed, described and treated as 'the enemy within'. Muslims are the latest in a long line of 'others' to be given this label.

How did this state of affairs come to pass? What are the lessons and challenges for the future - and how will the tale of Muslim Britain develop? Sayeeda Warsi draws on her own unique position in British life, as the child of Pakistani immigrants, an outsider, who became an insider, the UK's first Muslim Cabinet minister, to explore questions of cultural difference, terrorism, surveillance, social justice, religious freedom, integration and the meaning of 'British values'.

Uncompromising and outspoken, filled with arguments, real-life experience, necessary truths and possible ways forward for Muslims, politicians and the rest of us, this is a timely and urgent book.

Ja sitten tuulahduksia menneisyydestä kirjasta nimeltä American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing, kirjoittajana Lou Michel ja Dan Herbeck.

At 9:02 a.m. April 19, 1995, in what was at that time largest terrorist attack ever perpetrated on American soil, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was destroyed by the explosion of a 7,000-pound truck bomb. One- hundred and sixty eight people, including nineteen children, were killed by the blast, and more than five hundred others were injured. Timothy J. McVeigh, an anti-government activitist, was tried, convicted of the bombing and executed on June 11, 2001. But to Americans everywhere, the story has remained a mystery, held hostage by McVeigh's refusal to explain or even discuss the even and his involvement. But prior to his death, he spoke to Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck, two reporters for The Buffalo News in Western New York, where McVeigh was raised.]

[Lady Deadpool]

The Anatomy of Fascism - Robert O. Paxton

Acclaimed historian Robert O. Paxton shows that in order to understand fascism we must look at it in action - at what it did, as much as what it said it was about. He explores its falsehoods and common threads; the social and political base that allowed it to prosper; its leaders and internal struggles; how it manifested itself differently in each country - France, Britain, the low countries, Eastern Europe, even Latin America as well as Italy and Germany; how fascists viewed the Holocaust; and, finally, whether fascism is still possible in today's world.

Enhanced Interrogation: Inside the Minds and Motives of the Islamic Terrorists Trying To Destroy America - James E. Mitchell

In the dark days immediately after 9/11, the CIA turned to Dr. James Mitchell to help craft an interrogation program designed to elicit intelligence from just-captured top al-Qa'ida leaders and terror suspects.  A civilian contractor who had spent years training U.S. military members to resist interrogation should they be captured, Mitchell, aware of the urgent need to prevent impending catastrophic attacks, worked with the CIA to implement "enhanced interrogation techniques

The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda - Fawaz A. Gerges

In this concise and fascinating book, Fawaz A. Gerges argues that Al-Qaeda has degenerated into a fractured, marginal body kept alive largely by the self-serving anti-terrorist bureaucracy it helped to spawn.

Inside Jihadism: Understanding Jihadi Movements Worldwide - Farhad Khosrokhavar

Jihad is the most organized force against Western capitalism since the Soviet era. Yet jihadism is multifaceted and complex, much broader than Al Qaeda alone. In the first wide-ranging introduction to today's rapidly growing jihadism, Khosrokhavar explains how two key movements variously influence jihadi activists.

Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World - Shadi Hamid

With unprecedented access to Islamist activists and leaders across the region, Hamid offers a panoramic and ambitious interpretation of the region's descent into violence. Islamic Exceptionalism is a vital contribution to our understanding of Islam's past and present, and its outsized role in modern politics. We don't have to like it, but we have to understand it—because Islam, as a religion and as an idea, will continue to be a force that shapes not just the region, but the West as well in the decades to come.

Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror - Nonie Darwish

When Nonie Darwish was a girl of eight, her father died while leading covert attacks on Israel. A high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with his family in Gaza, he was considered a shahid,a martyr for jihad.

Yet at an early age, Darwish developed a skeptical eye about her own Muslim culture and upbringing. Why the love of violence and hatred of Jews and Christians? Why the tolerance of glaring social injustices? Why blame America and Israel for everything?

Today Darwish thrives as an American citizen, a Christian, a conservative Republican, and an advocate for Israel. To many, she is now an infidel. But she is risking her comfort and her safety to reveal the many politically incorrect truths about Muslim culture that she knows firsthand.

A World Without Islam - Graham E. Fuller

What if Islam never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: no clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists.

But what if that weren't the case at all? In A WORLD WITHOUT ISLAM, Graham E. Fuller guides us along an illuminating journey through history, geopolitics, and religion to investigate whether or not Islam is indeed the cause of some of today's most emotional and important international crises. Fuller takes us from the birth of Islam to the fall of Rome to the rise and collapse of the Ottoman Empire. He examines and analyzes the roots of terrorism, the conflict in Israel, and the role of Islam in supporting and energizing the anti-imperial struggle. Provocatively, he finds that contrary to the claims of many politicians, thinkers, theologians, and soldiers, a world without Islam might not look vastly different from what we know today.

Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World - Jeffrey Herf

Jeffrey Herf, a leading scholar in the field, offers the most extensive examination to date of Nazi propaganda activities targeting Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East during World War II and the Holocaust. He draws extensively on previously unused and little-known archival resources, including the shocking transcriptions of the “Axis Broadcasts in Arabic” radio programs, which convey a strongly anti-Semitic message.

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West - Christopher Caldwell

Why has Europe's half-century of mass immigration failed to produce anything resembling the American melting pot? Deadly terrorist attacks and rioting in Muslim neighbourhoods have now forced Europeans, caught up in a demographic revolution they never expected, to question its success and to confront the limits of their long-held liberal values. By overestimating its need for immigrant labour and underestimating the culture-shaping potential of religion, has Europe trapped itself in a problem to which it has no obvious solution?

[Lady Deadpool]

Enemy Lines with a Commando in One of the World's Most Elite Counterterrorism Units - Aaron Cohen, Douglas Century

At the age of eighteen, Aaron Cohen left Beverly Hills to prove himself in the crucible of the armed forces. He was determined to be a part of Israel's most elite security cadre, akin to the American Green Berets and Navy SEALs. After fifteen months of grueling training designed to break down each individual man and to rebuild him as a warrior, Cohen was offered the only post a non-Israeli can hold in the special forces. In 1996 he joined a top-secret, highly controversial unit that dispatches operatives disguised as Arabs into the Palestinian-controlled West Bank to abduct terrorist leaders and bring them to Israel for interrogation and trial.

Between 1996 and 1998, Aaron Cohen would learn Hebrew and Arabic; become an expert in urban counterterror warfare, the martial art of Krav Maga, and undercover operations; and participate in dozens of life-or-death missions. He would infiltrate a Hamas wedding to seize a wanted terrorist and pose as an American journalist to set a trap for one of the financiers behind the Dizengoff Massacre, taking him down in a brutal, hand-to-hand struggle. A propulsive, gripping read, Cohen's story is a rare, fly-on-the-wall view into the shadowy world of "black ops" that redefines invincible strength, true danger, and inviolable security.

Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command - Sean Naylor

Since the attacks of September 11, one organization has been at the forefront of America's military response. Its efforts turned the tide against al-Qaida in Iraq, killed Bin Laden and Zarqawi, rescued Captain Phillips and captured Saddam Hussein. Its commander can direct cruise missile strikes from nuclear submarines and conduct special operations raids anywhere in the world.

Relentless Strike tells the inside story of Joint Special Operations Command, the secret military organization that during the past decade has revolutionized counterterrorism, seamlessly fusing intelligence and operational skills to conduct missions that hit the headlines, and those that have remained in the shadows-until now.

The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria - Helon Habila

On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terrorist group.

Fifty-seven of them escaped over the next few months, but most were never heard from again.

A Fair Hearing: The Alt-Right in the Words of Its Members and Leaders -  George T. Shaw

Personal perspectives from activists and intellectuals on the front lines of a brutal culture war. Featuring essays by Jared Taylor, Richard Spencer, Kevin MacDonald and many others.

Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist - Eli Saslow

Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. By the time Derek turned nineteen, he had become an elected politician with his own daily radio show – already regarded as the “the leading light” of the burgeoning white nationalist movement.

Derek started to question the science, history and prejudices behind his worldview. As white nationalism infiltrated the political mainstream, Derek decided to confront the damage he had done.

No Retreat: The Secret War Between Britain's Anti-Fascists and the Far Right - Dave Hann, Steve Tilzey

In the late 1970s, racist thugs were on the march. The bootboys of the National Front and the British Movement paraded their extremist views and targeted minorities and political opponents ... until a group of working-class activists decided to fight back. They vowed to drive the nazis off the streets not with placards and speeches but by any means necessary.

The Squads were born, and so began a secret conflict. Shopping centres, meeting halls and public houses became the setting for pitched battles that broke out everywhere from London to Glasgow, Manchester to Leeds. Slowly the far right were beaten at their own game. In 1985, Anti-Fascist Action was formed and continued the fight, confronting the emergent British National Party and its violent henchmen.

Dave Hann and Steve Tilzey were active members of the Squads and AFA, risking arrest, injury and even prison for their beliefs. No Retreat is their extraordinary account of the hidden war that raged for twenty years on Britain's streets.

[Chiaroscuro]

Onko mielekästä siteerata uutisia ilman mitään omaa analyysiä? Ihmettelen vaan.

[Lady Deadpool]

Otsikossa lukee aika selvästi sana "kirjasuositukset" - kyseessä ei siis ole uutisten siteeraus vaan kirjalista (lainaukset kirjojen takakansista) aiheista terrorismi, radikalismi ja ääri-ilmiöt.

Jokainen saa toki vapaasti suositella aiheeseen liittyviä kirjoja haluamallaan tavalla.

[AcastusKolya]

Onko Deadpool lukenut em. mainitut kirjat?

[Lady Deadpool]

Onko Deadpool lukenut em. mainitut kirjat?

Joo. Osa taas on sellaisessa luennassa, että niitä selaillaan kuukausi kaupalla. Osasta olen kirjoittanut anaalisoinnit lontooksi opintoihin liittyen - niitä ei ole täällä tapana kuitenkaan julkaista.

Tämän kirjalistauksen perustin aikoinaan siksi, että ihmiset, jotka eivät lue sitä +300 kirjaa vuodessa kuten minä, voivat valita niistä tuhansista vaihtoehdoista semmosia missä voi olla jopa hieman potentiaalia.

Tähän saa toki jokainen forumin jäsen suositella - omalla halutulla tavallaan.

[Chiaroscuro]

Onko Deadpool lukenut em. mainitut kirjat?

Joo. Osa taas on sellaisessa luennassa, että niitä selaillaan kuukausi kaupalla. Osasta olen kirjoittanut anaalisoinnit lontooksi opintoihin liittyen - niitä ei ole täällä tapana kuitenkaan julkaista.

Tämän kirjalistauksen perustin aikoinaan siksi, että ihmiset, jotka eivät lue sitä +300 kirjaa vuodessa kuten minä, voivat valita niistä tuhansista vaihtoehdoista semmosia missä voi olla jopa hieman potentiaalia.

Tähän saa toki jokainen forumin jäsen suositella - omalla halutulla tavallaan.

Toki. Itselläni on tosin tapana, että jos suosittelen jotain kirjaa toisille, kerron miksi ko. teos teki itseeni vaikutuksen ja miksi muidenkin kannattaisi se lukea. Mutta kukin tavallaan.

[AcastusKolya]

Lukeeko Deadpool 300 + kirjaa sanasta sanaan/vuosi? Keskimääräinen sivumäärä? Olen toki itsekin hetkellisesti päässyt kirja (n. 300 s) per päivä tahtiin...

[O. M. Hietamaa]

Onnistuisi tuo minultakin, jos ne 300 kirjaa olisivat Tammen kultaista kirjastoa. Ei siis keltaista vaan kultaista. Niitä keltaisia voisi nykyisellä tahdillani mennä yksi kolmessa vuodessa...

[Lady Deadpool]

Lukeeko Deadpool 300 + kirjaa sanasta sanaan/vuosi? Keskimääräinen sivumäärä? Olen toki itsekin hetkellisesti päässyt kirja (n. 300 s) per päivä tahtiin...

Tuo määrä ei ole edes kovin iso. Keskiarvo sivumäärälle on varmaan 365-420. Lontooksi. Mitä enemmän lukee, sen nopeammin se toki sujuu. Koska luen pääosin Kindlella (laite joka laskee ja näyttää lukunopeuden) niin pystyn aika helposti käyttämään kaiken extra-ajan lukemiseen, kuten esim. pitkät työmatkat.

Vietän suurimman osan ajasta ihmisten ympäröimänä, jotka pystyvät lukemaan sen 400 - 600 kirjaa vuoteen. Sehän riippuu prioriteeteista, lukutyylistä ja lukunopeudesta.

Tänä vuonna tuskin pääsen yli 100 luetun kirjan, koska pyhitän aikani muille aktiviteeteille ja velvollisuuksille.

Aika palata takaisin ketjun aiheeseen. Jos on kirjasuosituksia otsikon aiheista, antaa palaa.

[pörrö]

Kun Suomessa puhutaan ääri-ilmiöistä, niin kelpaako tähän ketjuun Jussi Marttisen "Mikä perussuomalaisia vaivaa?" (Vastapaino/2021)?

Jokaisessa meissä asuu pieni perusuomalainen, mutta toisissa se on vain suurempi. Millaisia ihmisiä perussuomalaiset ovat ja mitä he oikeasti ajattelevat? 

Tietokirjailija Jussi Marttinen syventyy uudessa kirjassaan “Mikä perussuomalaisia vaivaa?” siihen, mitkä piirteet perussuomalaisissa toistuvat, miksi he toimivat nykyisellä tavallaan ja millaisen kuvan he piirtävät puolueesta. 

Insinöörimäisellä otteella etenevä teos tarkastelee laajaa joukkoa erilaisia yhteiskunnallisia mielipidekyselyitä, joissa on mukana tieto vastaajien puoluekannasta, ja rakentaa tämän datan pohjalta oman analyysinsä puolueesta.

Aineistossa perussuomalaiset erottuivat muista puolueista lähes kaikilta osin. Marttinen korostaa teoksessaan epäsuhtaa, joka näkyy puolueen ja sen kannattajien arvojen välillä. 

“Kyselytutkimuksista esiin nousevat asenteet ja arvot eivät vastaa perussuomalaisten puolueohjelmaa. Se ei täsmää, ja olisi hyvä pohtia, minkä takia on näin. Tulee vaikutelma, että perussuomalaisilla on julkisivu, jonka takana ovat oikeat aatteet”, hän sanoo.

Esimerkiksi perussuomalaisten ja heidän kannattajiensa isänmaallisuus on Marttisen mukaan valikoivaa, ja siihen kuuluvat vain tietyt osa-alueet. Pienen ihmisen puolustaminen taas näyttäytyy kyselytutkimusten aineiston mukaan jopa pienen ihmisen vastustamisena.

Samalla perussuomalaisten kannattajilla on Marttisen analyysin perusteella muun muassa heikoin terveydentila ja heikoimmat kognitiiviset kyvyt.

“Teosta tehdessä hämmästytti johdonmukaisuus, jolla perussuomalaisissa ja heidän kannattajissaan korostuivat ne negatiivisimmat piirteet jokaisessa tutkimuksessa”, Marttinen toteaa.

Mode, siirrätkö parempaan ketjuun, jos näet aiheelliseksi.

Kirjaa ei kannata ostaa - on sen verran tanakkaa yleistämistä ja tuubaa. Kirjastoista löytyy, jos haluaa riskeerata terveytensä näin helteillä.

[AcastusKolya]

Eikös Vastapaino ole äärivasemmiston kustantamo...