Trends in the Draw of Americans to Foreign Terrorist Organizations From 9/11 to Today
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| Title: | Trends in the Draw of Americans to Foreign Terrorist Organizations From 9/11 to Today |
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| Description: | The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has recently been more successful than al Qaeda in gaining U.S. terrorist recruits. The authors undertake a demographic profile of individuals drawn to foreign terrorist organizations and find that the affiliates average terrorists recruited by ISIL is younger, less educated, and more likely to be African American/black or Caucasian/white and a U.S.-born citizen. |
| Authors: | Heather J. Williams, Nathan Chandler, Eric Robinson |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Terrorists--Recruiting--United States |
| Categories: | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has recently been more successful than al Qaeda in gaining U.S. terrorist recruits. The authors undertake a demographic profile of individuals drawn to foreign terrorist organizations and find that the affiliates average terrorists recruited by ISIL is younger, less educated, and more likely to be African American/black or Caucasian/white and a U.S.-born citizen. |
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| ISBN: | 9781977401335 9781977401403 |
