From the back cover: “Since 9/11, more than three
hundred Americans—born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and
elsewhere—have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. “
Page 23: “Jihad was already being waged in America
many years before 9/11. Most Americans just weren’t aware of it.
Peter Bergen comprehensively examines the lives of American
jihadists. It is a frightening and
sometimes infuriating look at those who are being radicalized here in the United
States , some even traveling to join ISIS .
It is well researched and extensively footnoted.
Late in the book it becomes somewhat of an attack on the
political “right” or “paranoid right” as Mr. Bergen calls it. He claims that
the fear of Sharia law defies common sense and uses terms like endemic
paranoia. It is an interesting book, but personal political views tarnish it.
There will be a companion HBO documentary, Homegrown, which will air in the spring
of 2016.
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