Trends in the Draw of Americans to Foreign Terrorist Organizations from 9/11 to Today
- ISBN-10
- 1977401384
- ISBN-13
- 9781977401380
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-12-27
- Publisher
- Rand Corporation
- Authors
- Eric Robinson, Nathan Chandler, Heather J. Williams
Description
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has recently been more successful than al Qaeda in gaining U.S. terrorist recruits. The authors undertake a demographic profile of individuals drawn to foreign terrorist organizations and find that the affiliates average terrorists recruited by ISIL is younger, less educated, and more likely to be African American/black or Caucasian/white and a U.S.-born citizen.
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