Terrorism Mercenaries and Guerrillas
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The Interrogators: Task Force 500 and America's Secret War Against Al Qaeda
by Chris Mackey  Publisher Comments In a narrative that reads like a spy thriller, Chris Mackey takes us inside a small team of American military interrogators confronting an enemy unlike any other they had ever seen--in a war not of missiles and tanks, but of sleeper cells and suicide...
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
by Jeremy Scahill 
Publisher Comments Meet Blackwater USA, the powerful private army that the U.S. government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. With its own military base, a fleet of twenty aircraft, and twenty-thousand troops at the ready...
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Al Qaeda in Its Own Words
by Gilles Kepel Publisher Comments Despite the frequent appearances of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri on television screens worldwide, Al Qaeda remains an elusive entity. As the world has grown increasingly familiar with the spectacle of Islamist terrorism, Al Qaedaandrsquo;s...
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Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization
by John Robb Publisher Comments Fast becoming a classic in the shadowy world of trigger pullers and three-letter agencies. Brave New War. . . is simply the single best available source on how to avoid losing this global struggle. --Thomas P. M. Barnett, Esquire For my money, John Robb,...
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See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
by Robert Baer Publisher Comments In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling evidence of how Washington politics sabotaged the CIA’s efforts to root out the world...
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The Boys from Baghdad: From the Foreign Legion to the Killing Fields of Iraq
by Simon Low Publisher Comments As a former fighter in the legendary French Foreign Legion, Simon Low thought he had seen it all. Then he was posted to Iraq. Employed as a private military contractor — a "hired gun" — his assignment was to guard the deadly convoy routes out...
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Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible
by Douglas Farah Publisher Comments A Washington Post Best Book Of The Year A riveting investigation of the world's most notorious weapons dealer, Viktor Bout, whose post-Cold War arms network has stoked violence worldwide. --THE WASHINGTON POST A page-turner that digs deep into the...
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God's Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad
by Charles Allen Publisher Comments In today's post-9/11 world, the everyday news shows us images of fanatic fighters and suicide bombers willing to die in holy war, martyrs for jihad. But what are the roots of this militant fundamentalism in the Muslim world? In this insightful and wide...
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Losing Bin Laden
by Richard Miniter Publisher Comments Journalist Rich Miniter uses his unparalleled access to sources and stories throughout the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. He paints a devastating portrait of how close the U.S. military was to killing bin Laden--on multiple occasions--and...
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The Secret History of Al Qaeda
by Abdel Bari Atwan Publisher Comments Drawing on unparalleled access to Osama bin Laden and his key associates, journalist Abdel Bari Atwan gives an incisive and timely account, the clearest we have so far, of the rise of the notorious terrorist organization, al Qaeda. In this lively...
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Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad
by John R. Schindler Publisher Comments Al-Qa’ida: in the 80s they were in Afghanistan, supported by America and fighting the Russians. In the new century they have metastasized throughout the world’s geopolitical body. Where were they in the 90s? Unholy Terror provides the...
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Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America
by Yossef Bodansky Publisher Comments Who is Osama bin Laden—the only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy war against America? What drives him and those he leads to hate a West that helped enrich and arm them? Bin Laden's name has been linked to a number of incidents that...
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Dying To Win : Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism (05 Edition)
by Robert Pape Publisher Comments Includes a new Afterword Finalist for the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award One of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of suicide terrorism, the esteemed political scientist Robert Pape has created the first...
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What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat
by Louise Richardson Publisher Comments This is at the top of my list for best books on terrorism. -Jessica Stern, author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill How can the most powerful country in the world feel so threatened by an enemy infinitely weaker than we are? How...
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The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against Al Qaeda
by Chris Mackey and Greg Miller Publisher Comments An unprecedented look at the front line of the war against terror: the inside story of five American interrogators, thousands of prisoners, and the race for the truth. More than 3,000 prisoners in the war on terrorism have been captured, held, and...
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The Ultimate Terrorists
by Jessica Stern Publisher Comments As bad as they are, why aren't terrorists worse? With biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons at hand, they easily could be. And, as this chilling book suggests, they soon may well be. A formermember of the National Security Council staff, Jessica...
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The Real Price of War: How You Pay for the War on Terror
by Joshua S Goldstein Publisher Comments View the Table of Contents. Read the Preface. "An interesting book that raises many important questions"—Journal of Peace Research "Comprehensive examination of the myriad costs of war." —Forecast "A compact and cogent study...
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Trapped in War on Terror (06 Edition)
by Ian S. Lustick Publisher Comments Ian Lustick has written a brave, forceful, and very valuable book. I wish that every politician promising to 'defend' America would read what he has to say. Failing that, the voters should.--James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly Ian...
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State of the Struggle: Report on the Battle Against Global Terrorism (07 Edition)
by Hamilton Synopsis The West is in a worsening, eroding position in the struggle against global terrorism. While we have experienced some tactical success and thus far managed to protect the U.S. homeland, the growing tide of radicalization will create an increasingly...
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Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
by Mark Bowden
Publisher Comments From the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down comes a riveting, definitive chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis, America's first battle with militant Islam. On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the revolutionary...
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