This careful quantitative, events-based analysis provides generous food for thought for scholars and policymakers.
Michael Stohl, University of California, Santa Barbara Chasdi. . .[points] to the US's lack of attention to antecedent political and social conditions that lead to terrorist acts. This sound advice is sadly muted in official circles. Scholars, analysts, and strategists should benefit from this book. ... Read more
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In Tapestry of Terror, Dr. Chasdi has produced one of the most rigorously empirical studies ever published on modern terrorism. . . . Dr. Chasdi's highly ambitious study is an important contribution to the terrorism analytic discipline.
Dr. Joshua Sinai Richard Chasdi has already established himself as an important scholar in the field of international terrorism when he published his previous book Serenade of Suffering: A Portrait of Middle East Terrorism, 1968-1993. The current volume will enhancenot only his reputation as an insightful scholar in the field but, more importantly, our knowledge of this increasingly important phenomenonnnn
Ilan Peleg, from the foreword Richard Chasdi has already established himself as an important scholar in the field of international terrorism when he published his previous book Serenade of Suffering: A Portrait of Middle East Terrorism, 1968-1993. The current volume will enhance not only his reputation as an insightful scholar in the field but, more importantly, our knowledge of this increasingly important phenomenon
Ilan Peleg, from the foreword Show Less