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Understanding terror networks

By:

SAGEMAN Marc

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Philadelphia, Penn. USA: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2004Description: 220pISBN:

0812238087 (hbk.):

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Summary: Study of the rise of terrorism under the label of jihad. Argues that the commonly held assumptions about the causes of terrorism (poverty, trauma, ignorance) are wrong. Instead it is suggested that for the majority of mujahedin social ties predate ideological commitment and it was these social networks that inspired alienated young Muslim men to join the jihad.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Book	Defence Academy Library On-Shelf	363.32 SAG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	AUS-DON		12995-2001
Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf	363.32 SAG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available			0015301

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Study of the rise of terrorism under the label of jihad. Argues that the commonly held assumptions about the causes of terrorism (poverty, trauma, ignorance) are wrong. Instead it is suggested that for the majority of mujahedin social ties predate ideological commitment and it was these social networks that inspired alienated young Muslim men to join the jihad.

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