EBOOK Friction:How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us

This accessible book identifies twelve mechanisms of political radicalization that        can move individuals, groups, and the masses to increased sympathy and support for        political violence. Terrorism is an extreme form of radicalization, and the book        describes pathways to terrorism to demonstrate the twelve mechanisms at work.Written        by two psychologists who are acknowledged radicalization experts and consultants to        the Department of Homeland Security, Friction draws heavily on case histories. The        case material is wide-ranging - drawn from Russia in the late 1800s, the US in the        1970s, and the radical Islam encouraged by the fall of the Soviet Union in the        1990s. Taken together, the twelve mechanisms show how unexceptional people are moved        to exceptional violence in the conflict between states and non-state challengers.          Captivating, and with psychological overtones, this timely book covers one of the        most pressing issues of our time.