Annotated Bib

Stern, Jessica. Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants

Kill. New York: Ecco, 2003. Print.
This book is basically about all religious extremists. The author traveled
around the world and talked to extremists from all three of the major
religions, but the one I found to be the most interesting, obviously, was the
Islamic jihad writings. She talks about how terrorist organizations are formed
by religious extremists, who use religion as motivation and justification to
recruit the confused and unaffiliated people in their country.
This article helped me understand more about how the recruitment process
works for more than just Islamic extremists but all extremists as a whole. It
also went into beliefs and goals of these terrorist organizations, and gave
some insight into the future. I wish the book was mainly about Islamic
extremists but I still found the book to be very helpful.
I know this is a credible source because I found it in the UNCC data base that
we discussed in class.
Rapoport, David C, and Yonah Alexander. The Morality of Terrorism:
Religious and Secular Justifications. New York: Pergamon Press,
1982. Print.
This book, unlike some of the other sources, was written pre-9/11 so it
focused more on the history of extremists. The book is basically a group of
articles and journals that try to cover the moral aspect of terrorism with
religious justifications. It divides the book into three parts: secular, state, and
religion. The book hits a lot of solid points and gives good insight on the war
on terror.
Like I said above this is very helpful because a lot of other sources I found
were post 9/11, and focused a lot on current war on terror. That is what my
paper is on but it was really helpful to get some background on these
organizations and it was interesting to see how they were depicted before
America really started cracking down on it.
This source is credible because I found it in the UNCC data base.
Esposito, John L. Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2002. Print.
This book is about how after 9/11 the awareness of terrorism drastically
increased. When the extremists claimed the act was in the name of Islam,
people every where were shocked. They couldnt wrap their head around
why someone would kill so many people for their religion. This book also
covers the rise and fall of some of the organizations that use these
justifications.

This source was helpful because it went a lot into how 9/11 changed the
game when it came to major terrorist activity. It really but their way of
thinking into perspective, and really went into depth on their intentions. It
also broke down their organizations as a whole and discussed ranking
process. It talked about the effects on our country and what weve done to
prevent terroristic acts.
I know this is a credible source because I found it in the UNCC data base that
we discussed in class.
Jones, James W. Blood That Cries Out from the Earth: The
Psychology of Religious Terrorism. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2008. Print.
This book was really interesting because it actually got into the heads of
terrorists. This book is primarily on the psychology of extremists and how
their brains actually justify these acts. A common question that is asked is,
how can you feel good about killing people. This book goes deep into all
these aspects and uses a scientific way to explain why these people are
doing what they are.
This book is helpful because instead of religious justifications and explaining
it gives you cold hard facts. It uses science and proven methods to break
down step by step how these people actually believe what they are doing is
right. This is different from all my other sources and will really help me on
this project.
I know this is a credible source because I found it in the UNCC data base that
we discussed in class.
O'Kane, Rosemary H. T. Terrorism. Harlow, England: Pearson, 2012.
Print.
This book goes into how common stereotypes of terrorists arent necessarily
true. How you cant only think of terrorists as terrible acts justified by
religion. It goes into how a lot of this is brought on by their government. And
also strongly supported and funded by the government.
This was helpful because it gave a completely different view than I was
reading before. The other barely mentioned the involvement of the
government in the act. It went into financial stuff along with a lot of politics,
and gave me a lot of key information that I didnt have before.
I know this is a credible source because I found it in the UNCC data base that
we discussed in class.