Winter 2006

Unmasking the Terrorists

by Terry McDermott

Terry McDermott on the roots of terrorism

THE MAKING OF A TERRORIST:
Recruitment,
Training, and
Root Causes.
Edited by James J. F. Forest.
Praeger. 3 vols., 1,214 pp. $300


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  • Terry McDermott, a writer for The Los Angeles Times, is the author of Perfect Soldiers—The Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It (2005).

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    The Making of a Terrorist

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