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

By Scott Atran

Book Overview

"Atran explores the way terrorists think of themselves and teaches us, at last, intelligent ways to think about terrorists." --Christopher Dickey, Newsweek Middle East Editor and author of Securing the City Talking to the Enemy by Scott Atran is an eye-opening and important book that offers readers a startling look deep inside terror groups. Based on the author's unprecedented access to and in-depth interviews with terrorists and jihadis--including Al Qaeda, Hamas, and Taliban extremists, as well as members of other radical Islamic terror organizations-- Talking to the Enemy provides fresh insight and unexpected answers to why there are people in this world willing to kill and die for a cause. A riveting, compelling work in the tradition of The Looming Tower and Terror in the Name of God , Talking to the Enemy is required reading for anyone interested in making the world a safer, more secure place for everyone.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061344907
• ISBN13: 9780061344909
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Ecco
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.5" x 6.5"