Terrorism

Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her final year at school. However, her peaceful mountain village in northern Iraq was an ISIS target as their genocide against the...

The great scholar of Islam directly confronts the events of September 11th and the reasons behind Islamic terrorism in the modern world - a Sunday Times bestseller.President Bush has made it clear that we are engaged in a war against terrorism. But for...

Across the world governments proclaim that they will never 'negotiate with evil'. And yet they always have and always will. From jungle clearings to stately homes and anonymous airport hotels, Talking to Terrorists puts us in the room with the...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX PRODUCTION'You'll devour Northern Spy . . . I loved this thrill ride of a book'Reese Witherspoon'A sharp, moving thriller: you lose your breath for...

Few soldiers are deemed good enough to be selected and trained as snipers and even fewer qualify. As a result, snipers are regarded as the elite of their units and their skills command the ungrudging respect of their fellows - and the enemy. The Author...

From the award-winning co-author of I Am Malala, this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did the West's war in...

Through a close reading of the lives and works of some of the greatest intellectuals of recent times, Adam Shatz asks: do writers have an ethical imperative to question injustice? How can one remain a dispassionate thinker when involved in the cut and...

Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agency's secrets. Despite discrimination -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143125013Author Mark MazzettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

War in the post-9/11 world is far different from what we expected it be. Counterinsurgency and protracted guerrilla warfare, not shock and awe, are the order of the day. David Kilcullen is the world's foremost expert on this way of war, and in The...

The early twenty-first century has been defined by a rise in Islamist radicalisation and a concurrent rise in far right extremism. This book explores the interaction between the 'new' far right and Islamist extremists and considers the consequences for...

A leading foreign correspondent looks at how social media has transformed the modern battlefield, and how wars are foughtModern warfare is a war of narratives, where bullets are fired both physically and virtually. Whether you are a president or a...

The world's leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the "riveting" (The New York Times) definitive biography of a man who set the course of American foreign policy for the 21st century and whose ideological heirs we continue to...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON FICTION AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE. A GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR. An intimate, deeply reported account of the women who made a shocking decision: to leave their ordinary lives behind...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312567408Author Dalton FuryFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

The astonishing, gripping and long-awaited inside story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary spy.After years of living in semi-isolation, David Rupert speaks for the first time about how a trucker from New York ended up being recruited to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743253390Author Craig UngerFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 497gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Current Events) 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781566566865Author David Ray GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Olive...

A selection of Robert Fisk's finest 'Comment' pieces from the Saturday Independent. Robert Fisk has amassed a devoted readership over the years, with his insightful, witty and always outspoken articles on international politics and mankind's...

Between 1969 and 1998, over 4,000 people lost their lives in the small country of Northern Ireland. The vast majority of these deaths were sectarian in nature and involved ordinary civilians, killed by the various paramilitary groups. These organisations...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907521027Author Lester W. GrauFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Books Express PublishingPublisher Books Express PublishingWeight(grams)...

In this probing investigation of the phenomenon of suicidal terrorism, Abdal Hakim Murad finds not 'Jihad versus MacWorld,' but 'MacJihad versus MacWorld.' Today's terrorist movements have their roots in a very Western and very relativistic worldview,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982176525Author Chris WallaceFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Avid Reader Press / Simon & SchusterPublisher Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

The new edition of this successful book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview and account of the changing nature of party politics in Britain today. Webb and Bale draw on models of comparative politics in conducting a wealth of new...

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The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS, and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world's leading...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982176532Author Chris WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Avid Reader Press / Simon & SchusterPublisher Avid Reader Press / Simon &...

This book focuses on religiously driven oppositional violence through the ages. Beginning with the 1st-century Sicari, it examines the commonalities that link apocalypticism, revolution, and terrorism occurring in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam past...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452283954Author Dennis SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 150mm * 23mm

Since declaring independence in 1948, Israel has been involved in an intractable conflict with the Palestinians and its neighbors. While violence has ebbed and flowed over the years, the threat of terrorism has remained a constant factor, shaping Israeli...

The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) was established in January 1913, as a militant expression of Ulster Unionist opposition to the Third Home Rule Bill. Academic historians have tended to overlook Ulster Loyalism. This book provides the first comprehensive...

Is one person's terrorist another's freedom fighter? Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a 'War on Terror'? For many, the terrorist attacks of September 2001 changed the face of the world, pushing terrorism to the top of political agendas, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915223142Author Alex (Oso) CalderwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Maurice Wylie MediaPublisher Maurice Wylie MediaWeight(grams) 191g

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Based on interviews with Islamic State insiders, Abdel Bari Atwan reveals the origins and modus operandi of the fastest-growing and richest terrorist group in the world. Outlining its leadership structure and strategies, Atwan describes the group's...

At 8:46 a.m. that morning, fourteen thousand people were inside the World Trade Centre just starting their workdays, but over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages. Of the millions of words written about this wrenching day,...

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