THE
MAKING OF A TERRORIST
Recruitment,
Training, and Root Causes
Edited
by James JF Forest (3
Volumes: Praeger Security International, 2005)

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NEW: Review of The Making of a Terrorist
published in Parameters (the US Army War College
Quarterly), Winter 2006-07, p. 129-44. Reviewed by Lieutenant
Colonel Matthew W. Markel, a strategist at the Army
Capabilities Integration Center.
Excerpt:
With
The Making of a Terrorist, editor James J. F. Forest
of West Points Combating Terrorism Center and
his contributors have created 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. Even the volume
on Root Causes, whose title suggests a fruitless search
for a single, grand strategic solution, actually provides
useful insight about where we can anticipate the emergence
of terrorism. . . . Editor James J. F. Forest intended
to provide readers with a centralized and authoritative
information source of the most essential topics of
terrorist recruitment, training, and root causes,
an endeavor in which he admirably succeeded. The series
derives considerable strength from the variety of
perspectives it offers, from which the practitioner
can select those applicable to a particular situation.
The result amply justifies the light editorial touch.
The appendices, which include profiles of terrorist
organizations, examples of training manuals for terrorism
and guerilla warfare, and other resources for study,
help make this three-volume set a valuable resource.
Web
version and PDF
version of the complete review are available.
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
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 anyone
seeking more depth and detail than the usual casual
reviews of problems and theories. - Midwest Book
Review's California BookWatch
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
Click
here for the complete review of this publication in
the Wilson Quarterly (Winter 2006)
CONTENTS
VOLUME I: RECRUITMENT
Chapter
|
Author
|
Editor's
Note |
|
Preface
to Volume I |
|
1.
Introduction to The Making of a Terrorist,
Volume I: Recruitment
|
James
JF Forest
|
PLACES AND METHODS OF TERRORIST RECRUITMENT
|
2.
Innovative Recruitment and Indoctrination Tactics
by Extremists:
Video Games, Hip Hop, and the World Wide Web
|
Madeleine
Gruen |
3.
Prisons as Terrorist Breeding Grounds |
J.
Michael Waller |
4.
Communication and Recruitment of Terrorists
|
Brigitte
L. Nacos
|
5.
Terrorist Dot Com: Using the Internet for
Terrorist Recruitment and Mobilization
|
Gabriel
Weimann
|
6.
Education and Radicalization: Jemaah Islamiyah
Recruitment in Southeast Asia
|
Zachary
Abuza |
7
Recruitment for Rebellion and Terrorism in the
Philippines |
Joseph
Felter |
SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS
|
8.
The New Children of Terror |
Peter
W. Singer |
9.
Hamas Social Welfare: In the Service of Terror
|
Matthew
Levitt
|
10.
Terrorism, Gender and Ideology: A Case Study
of Women who Join the Revolutionary Armed Forces
of Columbia (FARC) |
Keith
Stanski |
11
The Making of Suicide Bombers: A Comparative
Perspective |
Ami
Pedahzur and
Arie Perliger
|
12.
Unresolved Trauma and the Thirst for Revenge:
The Retributional Terrorist
|
Raymond
H. Hamden
|
IDEOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS
|
13.
Political and Revolutionary Ideologies
|
Leonard
Weinberg
|
14.
The Role of Religious Ideology in Modern Terrorist
Recruitment
|
J.P.
Larsson |
15.
Christian Fundamentalism and Militia Movements
in the U.S.
|
James
Aho
|
16.
Political Islam: Violence and the Wahhabi Connection |
Maha
Azzam |
17.
Jihad Doctrine and Radical Islam: Truths and
Myths
|
Jarret
Brachman |
18.
Zionism and the Pursuit of West Bank Settlements
|
Allan
C. Brownfeld
|
|
Appendix
A: Profiles of Terrorist Organizations |
Appendix
B: Al Qaeda Declarations of War |
Bibliography |
Index |
VOLUME
II: TRAINING
Chapter
|
Author
|
Preface
to Volume II |
|
1.
Introduction to The Making of a Terrorist,
Volume II: Training
|
James
JF Forest
|
TEACHING TOOLS AND DEVELOPMENTAL EXPERIENCES
|
2.
"When Hatred is Bred in the Bone":
The Socio-Cultural Underpinnings of Terrorist
Psychology |
Jerrold
M. Post |
3.
Training for Terrorism Through Selective Moral
Disengagement
|
Albert
Bandura
|
4.
Cults, Charismatic Groups and Social Systems:
Understanding the Behavior of Terrorist Recruits
|
Marc
Galanter and
James JF Forest
|
5.
The Psychological Power of Charismatic Leaders
in Cults and Terrorist Organizations
|
Arthur
Deikman
|
6.
Teaching Terrorism: Dimensions of Information
and Technology |
James
JF Forest |
7.
Mediated Terrorism: Teaching Terror through
Propaganda and Publicity |
Brigitte
Nacos
|
CASE STUDIES OF TERRORIST LEARNING
|
8.
Training for Urban Resistance: The Case of
the Provisional Irish Republican Army
|
Brian
A. Jackson
|
9.
Teaching New Terrorist Recruits: A Review
of Training Manuals from the Uzbekistan Mujahideen
|
Martha
Brill Olcott and Bakhtiyar Babajanov |
10.
Learning to Die: Suicide Terrorism in
the 21st Century
|
Adam
Dolnik
|
11.
The Al Qaeda Training Camps of Afghanistan
and Beyond
|
Rohan
Gunaratna and Arabinda Acharya
|
12.
The Bosnian Mujahideen: Origins, Training and
Implications |
Evan
Kohlmann |
13.
Indoctrination Processes Within Jemaah Islamiyah
|
Kumar
Ramakrishna
|
14.
Christian Militia Training: Arming the "Troops"
with Scripture, the Law and a Good Gun
|
Cindy
Combs, Elizabeth A. Combs and Lydia Marsh |
15.
The Hizballah Training Camps of Lebanon
|
Magnus
Ranstorp |
16.
Training for Terror in the Jungles of Colombia
|
Román
David Ortiz |
17.
The Making of Aum Shinrikyo's Chemical
Weapons Program
|
John
V. Parachini |
18.
Terrorist Training Centers Around the World:
A Brief Review
|
James
JF Forest |
|
Appendix:
Examples of Training Manuals for Terrorism and
Guerilla Warfare |
Bibliography |
Index |
VOLUME
III: ROOT CAUSES
Chapter
|
Author
|
Preface
to Volume III |
|
1.
Introduction to The Making of a Terrorist,
Volume III: Root Causes
|
James
JF Forest
|
POLITICAL DIMENSIONS
|
2.
Instability and Opportunity: The Origins of
Terrorism in Weak and Failed States
|
Erica
Chenoweth |
3.
Superpower Foreign Policies: A Source for
Global Resentment
|
Paul
R. Pillar
|
4.
A Failure to Communicate: American Public
Diplomacy and the Islamic World |
Hassan
Abbas
|
5.
The Complex Relationship Between Global Terrorism
and U.S. Support for Israel
|
Ruth
Margolies Beitler
|
6.
Political Repression and Violent Rebellion
in the Muslim World
|
Mohammed
M. Hafez |
7.
Rejection of Political Institutions by Right
Wing Extremists in the United States
|
Eugenia
K. Guilmartin
|
RELIGIOUS AND SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS
|
8.
Religious Sources of Violence
|
Susanna
Pearce
|
9.
Terrorism and Doomsday
|
Michael
Barkun
|
10.
Fueling The Fires: The Oil Factor in Middle
Eastern Terrorism
|
Michael
T. Klare |
11.
Socioeconomic and Demographic Roots of Terrorism
|
Paul
R. Erhlich and
Jianguo (Jack) Liu
|
12.
The Intersection of Terrorism and the Drug
Trade |
Vanda
Felbab-Brown |
13.
Terrorism and Export Economies: The Dark Side
of Free Trade
|
Michael
Mousseau
|
ALTERNATIVE VIEWS ON ROOT CAUSES OF TERRORISM
|
14.
Terrorism, Interdependence and Democracy
|
Benjamin
R. Barber
|
15.
Human Security and Good Governance: A Living
Systems Approach to Understanding and Combating
Terrorism
|
Cindy
R. Jebb and Madelfia A. Abb
|
16.
Terrorism and the State: The Logic of Killing
Civilians
|
Clark
McCauley |
17.
Digging Deep: Environment and Geography as
Root Influences for Terrorism
|
P.
H. Liotta and James F. Miskel
|
18.
Dealing with the Roots of Terror
|
Karin
von Hippel
|
|
Appendix:
Recommended Resources for the Study of Terrorism |
Index
to Terrorist Groups |
General
Index |
Bibliography |
|