Trends in the Draw of Americans to Foreign Terrorist Organizations from 9/11 to Today

by Eric Robinson, Nathan Chandler, Heather J Williams, et al.

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977401333
• ISBN13: 9781977401335
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 9.8"