Terrorist Movements and the Recruitment of Arab Foreign Fighters

This book offers the first detailed in-depth account of how and why some Arab foreign fighters subsequently became involved in Islamist terrorism. Drawing on a personal dataset of 3010 Arab foreign fighters compiled using biographies martyrdom eulogies and postings on 'jihadi' websites <i>Terrorist Movements and the Recruitment of Arab Foreign Fighters</i> suggests that the subsequent involvement in Islamist terrorism by some Arab foreign fighters is primarily forged in the crucible of defensive jihad.