Building on his previous groundbreaking work on the al Qaeda network, forensic psychiatrist Marc Sageman has greatly expanded his research to explain how Islamic terrorism emerges and operates in the twenty-first century.

Leaderless Jihad
Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century

Marc Sageman

2008 | 208 pages | Cloth $24.95
Political Science
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Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction. Understanding the Path to Radicalism
1. How to Study Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century
2. The Globalization of Jihadi Terror
3. The Jihadist's Profile
4. Radicalization in the Diaspora
5. The Atlantic Divide
6. Terrorism in the Age of the Internet
7. The Rise of Leaderless Jihad
8. Combating Global Islamist Terrorism

Notes
Bibliography
Index