Despite the ongoing search for a terrorist personality the most insightful andevidencebased research to date not only illustrates the lack of anyidentifiable ps... » 

Despite the ongoing search for a terrorist personality the most insightful andevidencebased research to date not only illustrates the lack of anyidentifiable psychopathology in terrorists but demonstrates how frighteninglynormal and unremarkable in psychological terms are those who engage interrorist activity. By producing a clearer picture of the complex processesthat impinge upon the individual terrorist a different type of terroristpsychology emerges one which has controversial implications for efforts atcountering terrorism in todays world. The book concludes with what this newpsychology of terrorism means for understanding the terrorist and highlightswhat both researchers and the broader community can do to realistically engagethe terrorist threat. «