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This column capsule reviews 13 books on homeland security, terrorism/counterterrorism, and military warfare-related subjects. Terrorism – General Enemies Near &

By Dr. Joshua Sinai This column capsule reviews 10 books on homeland security-related subjects, including terrorism- and counterterrorism. In Introduction

By Dr. Joshua Sinai This review column capsule reviews ten books on subjects ranging from counterterrorism, homeland security, to military

By Dr. Joshua Sinai This review column consists of capsule reviews of 13 books. The tables of contents are provided

By Dr. Joshua Sinai This column provides capsule reviews of 17 recently published books. The books are arranged topically as

By Dr. Joshua Sinai Military History The Cambridge History of Warfare [Second Edition] Geoffrey Park, editor, (New York, NY: Cambridge

By Dr. Joshua Sinai Bending the Law of Unintended Consequences:A Test-Drive Method for Critical Decision-Making in Organizations Richard M. Adler,

By Dr. Joshua Sinai The Concealed Handgun Manual:How to Choose, Carry, and Shoot a Gun in Self-Defense Chris Bird, [Seventh

By Dr. Joshua Sinai After Combat:True War Stories from Iraq and AfghanistanMarian Eide and Michael Gibler (Potomac Books/An Imprint of

Recent terrorist attacks in the United States against congregants at houses of worship, TV broadcast media and public figures highlight the continued severity of domestic terrorism.

Who are the domestic terrorists, what are their motivations, how do they become radicalized into violence, where do they live, who do they target and what can be done to mitigate their threat? These questions are answered by Terry Oroszi and David Ellis in their excellent book, “The American Terrorist: Everything You Need To Know To Be A Subject Matter Expert.” In it, the authors utilize their database of 519 Americans charged with acts related to terrorism from September 2001 to December 2018 to compile a general profile of the domestic terrorist.