Marc Sageman, M.D., Ph.D., is a former

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as a

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officer) who was based in

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from 1987 to 1989, where he worked closely with Afghanistan's

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. He has advised various branches of the U.S. government in the

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. He is also a

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and a

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consultant. He first drew wide attention for his book ''Understanding Terror Networks'', a book that ''

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'' called "influential." "The most sophisticated analysis of global jihadis yet published. . . . His conclusions have demolished much of the conventional wisdom about who joins jihadi groups." In ''Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century'', Sageman "suggests that radicalization is a collective rather than an individual process in which friendship and kinship are key components." After the book was negatively reviewed by

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in ''

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'', a debate, which was covered by ''

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'', ensued between him and Sageman. In this debate, Sageman argue that terrorism is now "bottom up" where terrorist act as lone wolf or radicalized person create terrorist structure. In ''The London Bombings'', Sageman investigates four bombing plots from an intelligence viewpoint: Operation Crevice (in relation to the fertiliser bomb plot), Operation Theseus (which investigated the July 7, 2005 attacks), Operation Vivace (which investigated the failed July 21, 2005 plot) and Operation Overt (in relation to the liquid bomb airline plot). Reviewed by Dr Anthony Richards, Royal Holloway College in 'Perspectives on Terrorism' https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/customsites/perspectives-on-terrorism/2019/issue-5/12--richards.pdf

Published works

* ''Understanding Terror Networks'' (Philadelphia:

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, 2004) * ''Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century'' (Philadelphia:

, 2008) * ''Misunderstanding Terrorism'' (Philadelphia:

, 2016) * ''The London Bombings'' (Philadelphia:

, 2019)

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