For instance, a palestinian authority general told jessica stern that terrorist organizations find potential suicide bombers by seeking young men for whom life has no meaning but pain and who. She served on the clinton administrations national security council staff. Traveling extensivelyto refugee camps in lebanon, to religious schools in pakistan, to prisons in amman, asqelon, and pensacolashe discovered that the islamic. This article will discuss both political violence and terrorism and attempt to distinguish these two species of violence. Why religious militants kill kindle edition by stern, jessica. A kashmiri radical, who tries to persuade stern to convert to islam, believes that allah looks at those who sacrifice their lives in the jihad with love. The lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. Jessica stern and imam abdullah antepli shed light on the phenomenon, focusing specifically on islamist terrorism. Harper collins, oct, 2009 political science 400 pages. A crucial book on terrorism, terror in the name of god is a brilliant and. Jessica stern is one of the foremost experts on terrorism.
In 2001, she was featured in time magazines series on innovators. Documenting, dissecting, and decrying terrorism and anti. She interviewed a wider range of religious fundamentalists christians, jews and muslims in an attempt to understand what makes these people tick, in both senses of the meaning. Traveling extensivelyto refugee camps in lebanon, to religious schools in pakistan, to prisons in amman, asqelon, and pensacolashe discovered that the islamic jihadi in the mountains of pakistan and the christian fundamentalist bomber in oklahoma have much in common. Between october 2014 and november 2016, global terrorism expert jessica stern held a series of. How stern was able to arrange these interviews is not explained. Terror in the name of god by jessica stern audiobook. For four years, jessica stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world. Traveling extensivelyto refugee camps in lebanon, to religious schools in pakistan, to prisons in amman, asqelon, and pensacolashe discovered that the islamic jihadi in the mountains of pakistan and the christian fundamentalist bomber in.
Traveling extensivelyto refugee camps in lebanon, to religious schools in pakistan, to prisons in amman, asqelon, and pensacolashe discovered that the islamic jihadi in the mountains of pakistan and the christian. Why religious militants kill, selected by the new york times as a notable book of the year. He was found guilty of genocide for the massacre of 8,000 muslim men and boys at srebrenica in july 1995. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in. Jessica stern has boldly gone where few have ventured unless, of course, they are religious fundamentalists intent on terrorism on behalf of their god. She was included in the time magazine series profiling 100 people with bold new ideas. She serves on the hoover institution task force on national security and law.
The modern world has been shocked by the rise of religious terrorism and fearful of its expansion. Request pdf on jan 1, 2003, jessica stern published terror in the name of god find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Terror in the name of god why religious militants kill rent. Oct, 2009 for four years, jessica stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world. Terror in the name of god harpercollins harpercollins publishers. For four years, jessica stern interviewed extremist members of three. Jessica eve stern born february 11, 1958 is an american scholar and academic on terrorism. Terror in the name of god jessica stern from the old norse name egill, a diminutive of names that began with the element agi awe, terror. Rent terror in the name of god why religious militants kill 1st edition 9780060505332 and save up to 80% on textbook rentals and 90% on used textbooks.
Jessica stern is a research professor at boston universitys pardee school of global studies and a fellow at the fxb center for health and human rights at harvards school of public health. Oct 23, 2006 jessica stern was a national security advisor during the clinton administration and now teaches at harvard. Is religion terrorism the greatest security threat of our time. Aug 17, 2004 jessica stern is a leading expert on terrorism and trauma. Terror in the name of god, why religious militants kill ebook by.
Discover terror in the name of god as its meant to be heard, narrated by jessica stern. The iraq military are able to deploy these weapons within 45 minutes of a decision to do so. I hope you notice in her bio, at the last paragraph, it says she was included in the time magazine series profiling 100 people. An investigation into the nature of violence, terror, and trauma through conversations with a notorious war criminal by jessica stern, one of the worlds foremost experts on terrorism. In 2009, she was awarded a guggenheim fellowship for her work on trauma and violence. About the book for four years, jessica stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world. Request pdf on jan 1, 2003, jessica stern published terror in the name of god find, read and cite all the research you need on. Read download terror in the name of god pdf pdf download. Stern serves as a research professor at the pardee school of global studies at boston university. This was the name of a semilegendary icelandic warrior. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or. Jessica stern is a leading expert on terrorism and trauma.
Pdf the terror of god download full ebooks for free. She teaches it as a subject at harvard universitys kennedy school of government, and was recently the superterrorism fellow at the council on foreign. Jessica stern, terror in the name of god, new york, ny. Jan 08, 2004 victory in this world is god s promise for us in our every war. Traveling extensivelyto refugee camps in lebanon, to religious schools in pakistan, to prisons in amman, asqelon, and pensacolashe discovered that the islamic jihadi in the mountains of pakistan and the christian fundamentalist bomber in oklahom. Terror in the name of god why religious militants kill. These are the questions that have arisen frequently in the postcold war world. Pdf gods war on terror download full ebooks for free. She has held fellowships awarded by the guggenheim foundation, the erikson institute, and the macarthur foundation. Stern talked about her book, terror in the name of god. Berger, two of americas leading experts on terrorism, dissect the new model for violent extremism that isis has leveraged into an empire of death in iraq and syria, and an international network that is rapidly expanding in the middle east, north africa and around the world. Jessica stern s work was profiled by chronicle of higher education and new york times fellow, guggenheim foundation, 20092010 erikson scholar, erik erikson institute, 2009 fellow, macdowell colony, summer 2011, fall 2009 and fall 2008.
You can do this yourself after logging into your personal account or by contacting our support. I n a room inside a maximum security prison in the hague, jessica stern, a small woman in a conservative black pantsuit, was seated across a wooden table from radovan karadzic, the bosnian serb warlord convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity. If you think we missed something, send your order for a free revision. Harvard social science lecturer jessica stern has written a vivid firstperson i wasthere book called terror in the name of god. Before 91101, she went around the world interviewing fundamentalist religious terrrori. Jessica stern audio books, best sellers, author bio.
Ove m swedish, norwegian, danish probably a modern form of the old danish name aghi, originally a short form of names that contain the old norse. Writing in the name of god why the bibles authors are not who we think they are. As such, stern proposes both ego psychological and group dynamics models of shame, humiliation, and revenge stern, 2003a as motives to terrorist violence along with economic tradeoffs that are. Aug 19, 2003 while most of the major world religions are based on peace, most terrorists are religious fundamentalists using violence in the name of god, allah, or jesus. Why religious militants kill by jessica stern new terror in name of god. Earlier she had been a lecturer at harvard university. Stern, a former fellow on terrorism at the council on foreign relations and the inspiration for nicole. Traveling extensivelyto refugee camps in lebanon, to religious schools in pakistan, to prisons in amman, asqelon, and pensacolashe discovered that the islamic jihadi in the mountains of pakistan and the christian fundamentalist bomber in oklahoma have much in. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in nonretail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag.
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