Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals
Ken Ballen, Foreword by Peter Bergen,Hardcover - New Edition, English-language edition,Pub by Free Press
Ken Ballen, Foreword by Peter Bergen,Hardcover - New Edition, English-language edition,Pub by Free Press
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781451609219 (1451609213)
Publish date: October 4th 2011
Publisher: Free Press
Pages no: 305
Edition language: English
This is one I wish I'd read rather than listened to, because the narration contributed to my dissatisfaction. In particular, the one story told in the first person, by the least sympathetic person, was rendered in a thick accent, but the others weren't. The implicit racism of this troubles me. Thoug...
"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it." - Ivan Turgenev. All six of the terrorists interviewed by Ballen were raised in repressive authoritarian regimes. This is not a coincidence. This book caused me to wonder why Pakistan receives money fr...