Thinking like a terrorist : insights of a former FBI undercover agent / Mike German.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.

1. Prologue : an unusual education in terrorism -- 2. The difficult definition -- 3. Getting beyond good and evil -- 4. Compounding confusion -- 5. Understanding political violence -- 6. Grading the government -- 7. Methods and motives -- 8. Case study #1 : a successful terror campaign -- 9. Ranking the resistance -- 10. Terrorism types -- 11. Case study #2 : the Ku Klux Klan -- 12. A winning strategy against extremist terrorists -- 13. Case study #3 : lessons of the IRA -- 14. A winning strategy against legitimately motivated terrorists -- 15. Analysts of the global war on terrorism -- 16. Our constitutional shield against terrorism.

"In Thinking Like a Terrorist, former FBI counterterrorism agent Mike German contends that the overarching problem is a fundamental failure to understand the terrorists - namely, what they want and how they intend to get it. When our counterterrorism policies are driven by misunderstanding and misperception, we shouldn't be surprised at the results. Today's terrorists have a real plan - a blueprint that has brought them victory in the past - that they are executing to perfection. But their plan has been published, and it's available to anyone who bothers to read it. Once the terrorists' plan is understood, perhaps we can develop and implement more effective counterterrorism strategies." "A former undercover agent who infiltrated neo-Nazi terrorist groups in the United States, German explains the terrorist's point of view and discusses ways to counter the terrorism threat. Based on his unusual experience in the field, Thinking Like a Terrorist provides unique insights into why terrorism is such a persistent and difficult problem and why the U.S. approach to counterterrorism isn't working."--BOOK JACKET.