Manifestos, writings and manuals of Al Qaeda, Hamas, and other terrorists from around the world and throughout the ages.

First, what constitutes terrorism? What is new about the 'new' terrorism? Why is the Muslim world the most potent breeding ground of this new terrorism? To what extent is religion itself a factor? Is there a clash of civilizations between the Muslim world and the largely Christian or post-Christian West? Is America at fault?.

Presents a personal history of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of Edith Kurzweil, author, teacher, editor of Partisan Review , and a recipient of the National Medal of Humanities. This book opens with Kurzweil early adolescence in Vienna during the Nazi takeover. It ends with the author finding herself in the new century.

Updated, and with a new preface, Walter Laqueur's comprehensive history begins with a discussion of the background of Zionism since the French Revolution, covers the many decades of Zionist activities worldwide, and ends with the establishment of the state of Israel.

While the destruction of the World Trade Centre and the strike against the Pentagon shocked the world at large, experts on terrorism couldn't feign complete surprise. In this text, Laqueur attempts to answer the questions about terrorism in the light of 9/11 and the still unsolved anthrax letters.

Presenting a history of anti-Semitism, this book traces its evolution from a religious anti-Semitism of the middle ages to a racial anti-Semitism that developed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explains its origins and rationale, how it manifests itself, the different forms of anti-Semitism, and what forms it may take.

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The Past, Present and Future of the Holiest City. Combining the revelatory insights of a cultural anthropologist, the passion of a longtime Zionist, and the realism and objectivity of an eminent journalist, Walter Laqueur takes us inside Israel as it once was during the heady days of its founding, and as it is today, a complex nation and society under siege. And he answers perhaps the ultimate ...

A work on Chaskel Tydor, an Auschwitz and Buchenwald survivor, who was at various times a bookkeeper, metallurgist, kibbutz founder, Hebrew book publisher, uranium mine manager, and travel agent. It presents his story that takes the reader through three continents, two marriages, and one Holocaust.

Terrorism and terrorists have become a major force internationally. This study explores the terrorism phenomenon, examining and explaining the nature and sources of the terrorists' beliefs, actions, goals, worldviews and states of mind.

Explores how a massive influx from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East has loaded Europe with a burgeoning population of immigrants, many of whom have no wish to be integrated into European societies but make full use of the host nations' generous free social services.