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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an important and excellent book that fills a massive gap in the literature on al-Qaeda and the jihadist movement. -- Peter Neumman, director of the International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence, King's College An impressive piece of research. -- Samaya Borom LSE Review of Books This is an important analysis of the sources of the terrorist threat to the West. -- Andrew Moravcsik Foreign Affairs One of the best books written on the German connection to the global jihadist movement. CHOICE
Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Prologue: Lone-Wolf Attacks and the Europlot 1. Unlikely Internationalists: Putting German Jihadism into Perspective 2. Two Hamburg Cells: A History of Jihadist Terrorism in Germany 3. "A Second 9/11": The Sauerland Plot 4. The Islamic Jihad Union 5. The Turkish Dimension 6. "Leaving Kuffaristan": Radicalization and Recruitment in Germany 7. The German Taliban Mujahideen 8. "The Worst Enemy of Islam": The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Against Germany 9. Germans in the Taliban Stalingrad: Fighting the Kunduz Insurgency 10. "This Is the Last Year America": Threats and Prospects Notes Index
