{"product_id":"terror-in-the-name-of-god-why-religious-militants-kill-9780060505332","title":"Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively--to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Asqelon, and Pensacola--she discovered that the Islamic jihadi in the mountains of Pakistan and the Christian fundamentalist bomber in Oklahoma have much in common.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on her vast research, Stern lucidly explains how terrorist organizations are formed by opportunistic leaders who--using religion as both motivation and justification--recruit the disenfranchised. She depicts how moral fervor is transformed into sophisticated organizations that strive for money, power, and attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Stern's extensive interaction with the faces behind the terror provide unprecedented insight into acts of inexplicable horror, and enable her to suggest how terrorism can most effectively be countered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA crucial book on terrorism, \u003cem\u003eTerror in the Name of God\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant and thought-provoking work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStern, Jessica:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJessica Stern is a leading expert on terrorism and trauma. Stern is the coauthor with J. M. Berger of\u003cem\u003e ISIS: The State of Terror\u003c\/em\u003e and the author of \u003cem\u003eDenial: A Memoir of Terror\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTerror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill, \u003c\/em\u003e selected by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as a notable book of the year. She has held fellowships awarded by the Guggenheim Foundation, the Erikson Institute, and the MacArthur Foundation. She was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, a national fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, and a fellow of the World Economic Forum. Stern is a research professor at Boston University. Prior to teaching, she worked in government, serving on President Clinton's National Security Council Staff and as an analyst at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526738776338,"sku":"9780060505332","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8ab55ad5-50ed-4507-bd70-14245ccb984b.jpg?v=1731282500","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/terror-in-the-name-of-god-why-religious-militants-kill-9780060505332","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}