Terrorist Movements and the Recruitment of Arab Foreign Fighters
Subtitle: A History from 1980s Afghanistan to ISIS
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781788314985
Description: "This book offers the first detailed, in-depth account of how and why some Arab foreign fighters subsequently became involved in Islamist terrorism. Drawing on a personal dataset of 3,010 Arab foreign fighters compiled using biographies, martyrdom eulogies, and postings on 'jihadi' websites, Terrorist Movements and the Recruitment of Arab Foreign Fighters suggests that the subsequent involvement in Islamist terrorism by some Arab foreign fighters is primarily forged in the crucible of defensive jihad."--