{"product_id":"turning-to-political-violence-9780812248777","title":"Turning to Political Violence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCounterterrorism consultant Marc Sageman examines the history and theory of political violence in his comprehensive new book. Seeking patterns across numerous key case studies, Turning to Political Violence offers a paradigm-shifting perspective that yields stark new implications for how liberal democracies should respond to terrorism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book by Marc Sageman is an excellent departure from so much of what has been written about terrorism over the last 15 years. . . . There is much that can be learnt from this book, and scholars, states and think-tanks would do well to reflect on its many wisdoms, especially if they genuinely wish to re-evaluate the last 15 years of failed policies.\" * \u003ci\u003eCritical Studies on Terrorism\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The most sophisticated analysis of global jihadis yet published. . . . His conclusions have demolished much of the conventional wisdom about who joins jihadi groups.\" * William Dalrymple, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The best source of information about modern Islamic terrorists.\" * Freeman Dyson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Sageman's incisive observations based on carefully examined evidence, astute insights, and scholarship make \u003ci\u003eLeaderless Jihad\u003c\/i\u003e the gold standard in Al Qaeda studies.\" * \u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLeaderless Jihad\u003c\/i\u003e discredits conventional wisdom about terrorists by eschewing anecdotes and conjecture in favor of hard data and statistics.\" * \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"It might be comforting to think that angry young Islamists are crazed psychopaths or sex-starved adolescents who have been brainwashed in malign madrassas. But Mr. Sageman . . . explodes each of these myths, and others besides, in an unsettling account of how Al Qaeda has evolved from the organisation headed by Osama bin Laden into an amorphous movement-a 'leaderless jihad.'\" * \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. A Model of the Turn to Political Violence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The French Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Political Violence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Political Violence from the Restoration to the Paris Commune\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Professionalization of Terroristic Violence in Russia\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Anarchism and the Expansion of Political Violence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Specialized Terrorist Organization: The PSR Combat Unit 1902-1908\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Banditry, the End of a World, and Indiscriminate Political Violence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Policy Implications\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Testing the Social Identity Perspective Model of the Turn to Political Violence\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405729276247,"sku":"9780812248777","price":52.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812248777.jpg?v=1730493422","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/turning-to-political-violence-9780812248777","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}