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The Investigative Project on Terrorism, founded in 1995 by Steven Emerson, maintains the largest nongovernmental data and intelligence library in the world on militant Islam. The Project assists the White House, the FBI, the Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security, and other government departments with counterterrorism activities.

Together with a staff of experts, Executive Director Steven Emerson has compiled this thorough factual overview of the Islamist terrorist threat to the United States. Unlike the Final Report of the 9/11 Commission, which was focused mainly on the retrospective analysis of al Qaeda activities leading up to the attack of September 11, 2001, this work emphasizes current radical activities in the United States and the threat they might pose to national security. Divided into three sections, the work first sets the stage for the current situation by reviewing the lessons learned from previous terrorist plots and attacks both within our borders and against American interests abroad. Emerson and colleagues profile key players in the terrorist network and describe their various criminal activities before and since 9/11. The second section analyzes organizations in the Middle East besides al Qaeda that are hostile to the United States: Hamas, Hizballah, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and radical groups in Pakistan. The third section analyzes the subtle, wide-ranging support system for terrorist activities that exists within our own borders: charities and foundations that secretly solicit for terror; the complex corporate web of companies, charities, and nonprofit corporations known as the SAAR network; mosques that provide cover for terrorists; the use of the Internet for terrorist communication; and lobbying efforts by Muslim American organizations to influence the top echelons of the federal government. In a dangerous age, this is an important book for all Americans to read.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36900 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-02
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 535 pages

From Booklist
Emerson is a somewhat controversial independent journalist who dedicated his career to alerting the public and the government about Islamic terrorism well before the 9/11 attacks. Consistent with his recent American Jihad: The Terrorists Living among Us (2002), which warned of domestic threats (as well as chronicling Emerson's struggle to convince a skeptical public), his latest selection vociferously asserts that terrorists "have insinuated themselves in the structure of American society," pursuing violent ends through "advocacy groups, an array of disingenuous charities and foundations, corporate financing networks, and the halls of academia." Here, Emerson matter-of-factly names and catalogs a host of such organizations and narrates each group's specific activities, footnoted to news articles and government reports. Given the nature of the topic, it is difficult to tell which of Emerson's many claims are credible and which err on the side of overstatement (something Emerson has been accused of before). This book will be most sought after by readers hungry for factual specifics about possible threats rather than for more nuanced theoretical or historical approaches to the topic. Brendan Driscoll
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Sunday Tribune- Review, Greensburg, PA
"Richard Clarke, chair of the Counter-Terrorism Security Group from 1992-2003, says Emerson's catalogue of terrorist activities and terrorists operating in the U.S.A. and overseas is `a scary reminder of the prevalence of terrorism in American society.'"

About the Author
Steven Emerson is the founder and current executive director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism. An award-winning journalist and internationally recognized expert on terrorism and national security, he is the author of six books, including American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us. He has testified before Congress numerous times on terrorism and was the only expert before 9/11 to warn specifically of the threat to America from Osama bin Laden.

Customer Reviews

Steven Emerson puts the whole War on Terror into perspective.

The War on Terror only came into view for many by the infamous Attack on America on 9/11.However;Emerson's book shows in detail how this attack on Western Civilization ,more appropriately called Jihad has been seriously underway since the early 1980's. Until 9/11 ,it was only those who followed world events very closely and in great detail ,that were even familiar with the name of bin Laden.
Make no mistake about it,and Emerson spells it out in utmost detail ,that there is a monstrous clash between the Muslim world and the Judo/Christian worlds well in progress ;that is undoubtly unlikely to abate without the defeat,annihilation,and capitulation of one or the other.
Such clashes have often occurred in history with Communism,Facism,and Nazism,being such recent struggles. There are many who refuse to acknowledge how determined and serious this confrontation really is and who believe that accomodation and appeasement will resolve this conflict. Such has been proven in the past and it is only with peril that will result if it is believed it can be successful here.
Emerson has covered all the events and people who have been carrying out this attak in great detail and provides 2500 backup notes and references for further study. The book is also provided with an extremely detailed Index of 45 pages.
If you are one who finds all the people and events that have been in the news over the past 25 or so years very confusing,this book will show you why such has been the case and will be a big help and resource in helping you to put it all in order and perspective.
The book is quite a heavy read,simply because it covers so much and gives such detail;however it is so well put together that any particular event or person can easily be found and details obtained;including reams of notes for further information.For that reason,this book is an excellent resource and can easily be considered "a difinitive account" on Jihad and The War on Terror. I know I'll be turning to it frequently in the future.
The one thing that comes through; is how our enemies have infiltrated every aspect of our society and how they have used our freedoms ,laws and justice to their advantage and our detriment.Emerson shows in detail how these enemies have been welcomed into our society,given the benefits of all our freedoms and protection;only to turn around and use our trust to attack us.
More so than ever in the past,it will become next to impossible to determine who can be trusted and who cannot.Exceptional vigilance may not even be enough.
If you want to find out what is really going on in the world today;you won't find a better source of information than this book.

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This book is like a history lesson, a long, long, long history lesson on the inside workings of Jihad. It will fascinate you, and you will learn things you never knew existed from the world of Islam. I highly recommend this book.

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