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HOME, LAND, SECURITY
Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism
A groundbreaking book by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Carla Power that dives into the controversial field of deradicalization, told through the stories of mothers who have brought children back from the brink of extremism. Power has reported on the Islamic world for nearly two decades. Now she explores an emerging global deradicalization movement, examining the essential question for our turbulent times: How does one replace hatred with humanity?
Power's eye-opening, page-turning investigation speaks to the rise of division and radicalization in all forms, both at home and abroad. In her richly reported and deeply human account of the complicated field of deradicalization --including counselors, researchers, government workers, the military, educators, and familiesthis extraordinary author explores new ways to overcome the rising tides of extremism, one mother's child at a time.
The read is immersive and the narrative immediately engaging and endures that intensity throughout the book. It is for readers of A LONG WAY GONE, I AM MALALA, JUST MERCY, and LOOMING TOWER or GHOST WARS - those who seek empathetic, human stories that help us understand social forces that lead to crime, violence, and extremism--and how to overcome them.
Through their riveting stories, Carla Power discovers the unprecedented methods these women used to win back the hearts and minds of vulnerable young people. Too often extremists are portrayed as having sprung from the earth as irredeemable killing machines, but these mothers underscore the deeper truth that no one is born a terrorist, and they have themselves become activists in preventing violent radicalism.
HOME, LAND, SECURITY explores innovative new counter-extremism programs around the world, including in the United States, Europe, Pakistan, and Indonesia. We are introduced to an American judge who has staked his career on finding new ways to handle terror suspects, a Pakistani woman running a game-changing school for former child soldiers, a radicalized Somali American who learns through literature to see beyond his hate-filled beliefs, and a former neo-Nazi who now helps disarm jihadis.
Carla Power is a journalist and the author of IF THE OCEANS WERE INK (Henry Holt 2015), a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. She covered the Islamic world for Time and Newsweek for nearly two decades. Her work has appeared in a wide range of places, including the New York Times, vogue, and Foreign Policy. Her reporting has earned her an Oversease Press Club award, a Women in Media Award, and the National Women's Political Caucus's EMMA award. She holds a graduation degree in Middle Eastern studies from Oxford and degrees from Yale and Columbia. She lives in England.
The read is immersive and the narrative immediately engaging and endures that intensity throughout the book. It is for readers of A LONG WAY GONE, I AM MALALA, JUST MERCY, and LOOMING TOWER or GHOST WARS - those who seek empathetic, human stories that help us understand social forces that lead to crime, violence, and extremism--and how to overcome them.
Through their riveting stories, Carla Power discovers the unprecedented methods these women used to win back the hearts and minds of vulnerable young people. Too often extremists are portrayed as having sprung from the earth as irredeemable killing machines, but these mothers underscore the deeper truth that no one is born a terrorist, and they have themselves become activists in preventing violent radicalism.
HOME, LAND, SECURITY explores innovative new counter-extremism programs around the world, including in the United States, Europe, Pakistan, and Indonesia. We are introduced to an American judge who has staked his career on finding new ways to handle terror suspects, a Pakistani woman running a game-changing school for former child soldiers, a radicalized Somali American who learns through literature to see beyond his hate-filled beliefs, and a former neo-Nazi who now helps disarm jihadis.
Carla Power is a journalist and the author of IF THE OCEANS WERE INK (Henry Holt 2015), a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. She covered the Islamic world for Time and Newsweek for nearly two decades. Her work has appeared in a wide range of places, including the New York Times, vogue, and Foreign Policy. Her reporting has earned her an Oversease Press Club award, a Women in Media Award, and the National Women's Political Caucus's EMMA award. She holds a graduation degree in Middle Eastern studies from Oxford and degrees from Yale and Columbia. She lives in England.
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Published 2021-09-07 by One World |