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005 20210913122316.0
008 210819s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2021011224
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
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020 _a9780525510574
_q(hardcover)
020 _a0525510575
_q(hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)1264288251
092 _a363.3251
_bP887
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aPower, Carla,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHome, land, security :
_bderadicalization and the journey back from extremism /
_cCarla Power.
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bOne World,
_c[2021]
300 _a337 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-323) and index.
505 0 _aPart I : children who leave, mothers who wait -- You're the mother of a terrorist -- The godmother and her God-daughters -- Part II : change makers -- The 'terrorist drop-off center'-on meeting the be-header -- Loss of faith -- Only God knows you're the mother of a terrorist -- The human heart -- Part III : a wider view -- American blow back --Taking responsibility -- How To de-radicalize your town -- Acknowledgments.
520 _a"Nicola, Christianne, and Marie are mothers who discovered too late that their sons had been radicalized online and had flown from the West to join the tens of thousands of foreign ISIS fighters in Syria. Too often extremists are portrayed as having sprung from the earth as irredeemable killing machines, but these women underscore the deeper truth that no one is born a terrorist, and they have themselves become activists in preventing violent radicalism. Home, land, security explores innovative new counter-extremism programs around the world, including in the United States, Europe, Pakistan, and Indonesia. We meet an American judge who has staked his career on finding new ways to handle terror suspects, a Pakistani woman running a game-changing school for former child soldiers, a radicalized Somali American who learns through literature to see beyond his hate-filled beliefs, and a former neo-Nazi who now helps disarm jihadis"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aTerrorism
_xPrevention
_vCase studies.
_9183989
650 0 _aIslamic fundamentalism
_vCase studies.
994 _aC0
_bNFG
999 _c333767
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