Books on Afghanistan and Terrorism

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"Bruce Skarin"
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Books on Afghanistan and Terrorism

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I have added a page to my website that provides links to all the
websites that I discovered, as well as a page containing the references
used in the report. Both may be accessed at
http://groups.msn.com/TerrorDynamics/

The direct links are:
http://groups.msn.com/TerrorDynamics/te ... pinfo.msnw

http://groups.msn.com/TerrorDynamics
eferencespart1.msnw

Also I have added two files to the documents area. The direct link is:
http://groups.msn.com/TerrorDynamics/pa ... d%20Models

One file is an interview done by abcs John Miller, and the other is a
declaration made in 1996. This second file was on the internet, but
appears to have been erased completely, including from Googles cache!
While I understand the need to prevent the harmful rhetoric in his
speeches from polluting others minds, at the same time I think people
need to be more aware of what they are dealing with. So, as a compromise
I shall leave it up for a few weeks for those interested. After that you
may email for a copy.

More specifically the books I found most informative were:

Armstrong, Karen. The Battle for God. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
This book provides what I found to be an excellent analysis as to how
traditionalism and fundamentalism have evolved in several religions.

Marty, Martin E., and R. Scott Appleby, eds. Fundamentalisms and the
State. Vol. 3. The Fundamentalism Project. Chicago, 1993. 462-490.
The whole fundamentalism project is really quite good, but this book in
particular provides a great deal of insight as to how fundamentalist
groups view and interact with government and the "powers that be."

Staub, Ervin. The Roots of Evil. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1989.
This was one of my favorites because it explores how groups and
governments come to commit mass murders and genocide. Something that
even the U.S. should be wary of.

Carr, Caleb. The Lessons of Terror. New York, 2002.
Kind of redundant, but clearly uncovers how terrorizing methods of
control are unsuccessful in the LONG TERM.

Alexander, Yonah, and Michael S. Swetnam. Usama bin Ladens al-Qaida:
Profile of a Terrorist Network. Ardsley: Transnational Publishers, Inc.,
2001.
This is a decent book for raw information on bin-Laden and al-Qaida, but
it is really only a compilation of all the info in government reports +
a few additional sources.

From: "Bruce Skarin" <bruceskarin@hotmail.com>
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