The Mind of the Terrorist

FINALLY...I get through this book. I must say, content-wise, the book was great. From a readability standpoint, though, I had a very tough time with it. I consider myself an advanced reader, but the book felt intellectually forced. A word to the author, when writing about a subject that forces you to list name after name of foreign language origins, keep your writing style simpler. The names were difficult for me to follow and the sentence structure didn't help me internalize the actual point that was being made.

That being said, as a textbook for a homeland security course, I would highlight recommend this one. Very informative. Very thorough. I read this one to inform my work and it did just that. In today's society, we are over-exposed to al Qaeda and under-exposed to the historical terrorist movements. I also enjoyed the book's presentation of the different types of terrorism: nationalist-separatist, social revolutionary, and religious extremist.