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Extremist and Terrorism Books for Investigators

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New Arrivals

AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War
Larry Kahaner

Blood From Stones: The Secret Financial Network of Terror
Douglas Farah

Countering Terrorism and WMD: Creating a Global Counter-Terrorism Network
by Peter Katona, John P. Sullivan, Michael D. Intriligator

Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism
Robert Pape

Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century
Marc Sageman

Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil
Tom Diaz, Barbara Newman

Talking Terrorism : A Dictionary of the Loaded Language of Political Violence
Philip Herbst

Terrorism: Special Investigation Techniques
Philippe De Koster

Reference Books

A Culture of Conspiracy : Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America
Michael Barkun

A Doomsday Reader: Prophets, Predictors and Hucksters of Salvation
Ted Daniels

A Force Upon the Plain: The American Militia Movement and the Politics of Hate
Kenneth S. Stern

Al Qaeda: Brotherhood of Terror
Paul L. Williams

American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us
Steven Emerson

American Militias: Rebellion, Racism & Religion
Richard Abanes

Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement
Harold D. Guither

Aum Shinrikyo: Japan's Unholy Sect
Rei Kimura

Biological Warfare Against Crops
Simon M. Whitby

Collective Violence
Steven E. Barkan and Lynne L Snowden

Combatting Cult Mind Control
Steve Hassan

Counter-Terrorism for Emergency Responders
Robert Burke

Cult at the End of the World: The Terrifying Story of the Aum Doomsday Cult,
from the Subways of Tokyo to the Nuclear Arsenals of Russia

David E. Kaplan and Andrew Marshall

Cyber Terrorism and Information Warfare: Threats and Responses
Yonah Alexander (Editor), Michael S. Swetnam (Editor)

Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism
Robert Jay Lifton

Domestic Terrorism and Incident Management: Issues and Tactics
Miki Vohryzek-Bolden, Gayle Olson-Raymer, Jeffrey O. Whamond

Dragons of God: A Journey Through Far Right America
Vincent Coppola

Eco-Terrorism & Eco-Extremism Against Agriculture
Joseph A. Miller, R.M. Miller

Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups
Stephen E. Atkins

Encyclopedia of Terrorism
Harvey W. Kushner

Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right
Jeffrey Kaplan

Endless Jihad: The Mujahidin, the Taliban and Bin Laden
Shaul Shay

Facing Terror: The Government's Response to Contemporary Extremists in America
Jim Rodgers and Tim Kullman

Food and Agricultural Security: Guarding Against Natural Threats and Terrorist Attacks Affecting Health, National Food Supplies, and Agricultural Economics
Thomas W. Frazier (Editor), Drew C. Richardson (Editor)

Funding Evil: How Terrorism Is Financed and How to Stop It
Rachel Ehrenfeld

Gathering Storm: America's Militia Threat
Morris Dees and James Corcoran

Global Terrorism: The Complete Reference Guide
Harry Henderson

Holy War, Inc.: Inside The Secret World of Osama bin Laden
Peter L. Bergen

Holy War on the Home Front: The Secret Islamic Terror Network in the United States
Harvey Kushner, Bart Davis

In Bad Company: America's Terrorist Underground
Mark S. Hamm

In God's Country: The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest
David A. Neiwert

Inside Terrorism
Bruce Hoffman

Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists Criminals & Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores
Michelle Malkin

Investigating Religious Terrorism and Ritualistic Crimes
Dawn Perlmutter

Lift High the Cross: Where White Supremacy and the Christian Right Converge
Ann Burlein

Live From the Gates of Hell: An Insider's Look at the Anti-Abortion Movement
by Jerry Reiter

Lone Patriot: The Short Career of an American Militiaman
Jane Kramer

Militant Islam Reaches America
Daniel Pipes

Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions In America
Philip Jenkins

Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Terrorism: Emergency Response and Public Protection
Mark E. Byrnes, David A. King and Philip M. Tierno

One Aryan Nation Under God: How Religious Extremists Use the Bible to Justify Their Actions
Jerome Walters

Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies,
Theologies, States of Mind

Walter Reich, Editor

Preparing for Biological Terrorism: An Emergency Services Planning Guide
George Buck

Releasing The Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves
Steve Hassan

Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists
Samuel M. Katz

Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity
Michael Burkun

Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort
Chip Berlet and Matthew N. Lyons

Soldiers of God: White Supremacists and Their Holy War for America
Howard L. Bushart, John R. Craig and Myra Barnes

Targets of Hatred: Anti-Abortion Terrorism
Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, William J. Broad

Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence
Mark Juergensmeyer

Terror in the Name of God : Why Religious Militants Kill
Jessica Stern

Terrorist Attacks: A Protective Service Guide for Executives, Bodyguards, and Policemen
Raymond P. Siljander, Darin D. Fredrickson, Paul Roos, and John Welsch

Terrorist Hunter: The Extraordinary Story of a Woman Who Went Undercover to Infiltrate the Radical Islamic Groups Operating in America
Anonymous

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations, Revised & Updated 2004
Russell D. Howard, Reid L. Sawyer

Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering, Analysis, and Investigations, 2nd Ed.
Michael Ronczkowski

Terrorism Emergency Response: A Workbook for Responders
Gordon M. Sachs

The Age of Sacred Terror
Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon

The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, And Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It
John Miller and Michael Stone

The Counterterrorism Handbook: Tactics, Procedures, and Techniques 2nd Ed.
Kenneth J. Dudonis, David P. Schulz, Frank, Jr. Bolz

The Militia Threat: Terrorists Among Us
Robert L. Snow

The New Face of Terrorism: Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction
Nadine Gurr and Benjamin Cole

The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama Bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism
Simon Reeve

The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction
Walter Laqueur

The Terrorist Next Door: The Militia Movement and the Radical Right
Daniel Levitas

The Terrorist Recognition Handbook
Malcolm W. Nance

The Ultimate Terrorists
Jessica Stern

The War Against the Greens: The Wise-Use Movement, the Right, and Anti-Environmental Violence
David Helvarg

The War Against the Terror Masters: Why It Happened. Where We Are Now. How We'll Win.
Michal A. Ledeen

Understanding Terror Networks
Marc Sageman

Understanding Terrorism and Managing the Consequences
Paul M. Maniscalco, Hank T. Christen

Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism
John K. Cooley

Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network
Yonah Alexander, Michael S. Swetnam