Recommended Readings
The following publications provide discussions about the causes of terrorist behavior:
Bloom, Mia. Bombshell: Women and Terrorism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
Crotty, William, ed. Democratic Development and Political Terrorism: The Global Perspective. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2005.
Djilas, Milovan. Memoir of a Revolutionary. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.
Eager, Page Whaley. From Freedom Fighters to Terrorists: Women and Political Violence. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008.
Forest, James J. F., ed. The Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training, and Root Causes. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2006.
Franks, Jason. Rethinking the Roots of Terrorism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Freilich, Joshua D., Gary LaFree, and John Winterdyk, eds. Criminology Theory and Terrorism: New Applications and Approaches. New York: Routledge, 2015.
Gurr, Ted Robert. Why Men Rebel. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1970.
Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Touchstone, 1996.
Khaled, Leila. My People Shall Live: The Autobiography of a Revolutionary. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973.
Martinez, Thomas, and John Guinther. Brotherhood of Murder. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988.
McKelvey, Tara, ed. One of the Guys: Women as Aggressors and Torturers. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2007.
Nassar, Jamal R. Globalization and Terrorism: The Migration of Dreams and Nightmares. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.
Ocalan, Abdullah. Prison Writings: The Roots of Civilization. London: Pluto, 2007.
Pedahzur, Ami, and Arie Perliger. Jewish Terrorism in Israel. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.
Perry, Barbara. In the Name of Hate: Understanding Hate Crimes. New York: Routledge, 2001.
Reich, Walter, ed. Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, States of Mind. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center, 1998.
Shultz, Richard H., and Andrea J. Dew. Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias: The Warriors of Contemporary Combat. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
Simon, Jeffrey D. Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat. New York: Prometheus Books, 2013.
Sjoberg, Laura, and Caron E. Gentry. Mothers, Monsters, Whores: Women’s Violence in Global Politics. London: Zed Books, 2007.
Skaine, Rosemarie. Female Suicide Bombers. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006.
Staub, Ervin. Overcoming Evil: Genocide, Violent Conflict, and Terrorism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.