Talking to the Enemy · Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists

“Atran explores the way terrorists think of themselves and teaches us, at last, intelligent ways to think about terrorists.”

—Christopher Dickey, *Newsweek* Middle East Editor and author of *Securing the City*

*Talking to the Enemy* by Scott Atran is an eye-opening and important book that offers readers a startling look deep inside terror groups. Based on the author’s unprecedented access to and in-depth interviews with terrorists and jihadis—including Al Qaeda, Hamas, and Taliban extremists, as well as members of other radical Islamic terror organizations—*Talking to the Enemy* provides fresh insight and unexpected answers to why there are people in this world willing to kill and die for a cause. A riveting, compelling work in the tradition of *The Looming Tower* and *Terror in the Name of God*, *Talking to the Enemy* is required reading for anyone interested in making the world a safer, more secure place for everyone.