Hezbollah and Hamas

<p> <b>A concise yet comprehensive overview of Hamas and Hezbollah.</b> </p><p>Hezbollah and Hamas are major players in Middle Eastern politics and have a growing involvement in global events. Despite their strikingly different beginnings they share a common denominator--an adversary in Israel. <i>Hezbollah and Hamas</i> draws from primary interviews and documents coupled with a thorough review of current scholarship. This is a portrait of the organizations' roots histories ideologies relationships tactics political outlooks and futures. Joshua L. Gleis and Benedetta Berti present organization charts maps and a case study of the TriBorder Area in South America which frequently serves as an operational center for terrorist groups. </p><p>Recognizing that these two groups are increasingly relevant to U.S. national security Gleis and Berti provide a comparative analysis of their histories and political missions that moves beyond reductionist portrayals of the organizations' military operations.</p>