| American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us |
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| Author(s) | Steven Emerson |
| Subject(s) | Terrorism |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
| Publication date | 2003 |
| Pages | 261 |
| ISBN | 0743477502 |
| OCLC Number | 48811726 |
American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us is a book by investigative journalist Steven Emerson.
In this book Emerson aims to document the clandestine activities of Islamic terrorist groups such as Hamas in the United States.
Emerson seeks to explain the ideological motives of the global Islamic Jihad movements and he contends that their efforts are aimed at exploiting the freedoms prevalent in the West and the United States to infiltrate and develop various terrorist recruiting and financing networks and set the foundations for the destruction of the West.
Peter Probst reviewed the book for the Middle East Quarterly, writing: "In the best tradition of investigative reporting, Emerson has written a must-read account if one is to understand the events of September 2001, and more broadly, the threat posed by the Islamists in the United States."[1] Writing for Military Review, Youssef Aboul-Enein wrote: "Emerson's book is important because it helps differentiate between the militant from the moderate Muslim and articulates the threat militant Islamic groups pose to Americans as well as to moderate and liberal Muslims."[2]
A review in the Middle East Quarterly said "In the best tradition of investigative reporting, Emerson has written a must-read account if one is to understand the events of September 2001, and more broadly, the threat posed by the Islamists in the United States."[3] The Kansas City Star called it one of its 100 books of the year.[4]