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Ebook Collection: Annotated Bibliography

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Atkins, Stephen E. The 9/11 Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2011. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 18 Oct. 2014.
Atkins, a writer and editor for a great deal of academic works, discusses nearly everything a person would ever need to know about the tragic events of September 11th 2001. This work shows how terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda and ISIS can grow into something deadly.

Blakemore, Brian, and Imran Awan. Extremism, Counter-Terrorism and Policing. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Pub. Limited, 2013. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 28 Oct. 2014.
Brian Blakemore is a researcher on Islamic extremism. Blakemore talks about many aspects of terrorism prevention, ranging from the United States’ methods, to the …show more content…

Islamic Fundamentalism: An Introduction. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, 2013. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 27 Oct. 2014.
Lawrence Davidson has done years of study and research on Islam and their religion. In this book Davidson explains the history and progression of Islamic Fundamentalism. ISIS is a group originating from Islamic Fundamentalism so this source helps my readers to understand ISIS in more detail.

“ISIS Fast Facts.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 9 Oct, 2014. Web. 5 Nov. 2014.
This news article discusses important information for a person to better understand ISIS, and how they are developing. This is a free-web source, but CNN is a well-known news corporation, and ISIS is a developing issue so academic journals cannot provide all the information needed.

Koppel, Nikolas J. Combating Islamic Militancy and Terrorism in Pakistan's Border Region. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 5 Nov. 2014.
Nikolas Koppel has researched and studied Islamic groups and terrorism, he is well informed on this topic. Koppel discusses the effects of sending military over to the Middle East. This source allows my writing to better illustrate some of the potential effects of being involved with trying to put ISIS to an …show more content…

In this book James and Brenda Lutz talk about how different terrorist organizations formed, as well as the aftermath. This source gives the reader more general information on the topic of terrorist groups like ISIS.

Malloy, Allie. “Use U.S. troops against ISIS? Romney, Durbin weigh in against Obama.” CNN.com. Cable News Network. 16 Nov, 2014. Web. 17 Nov 2014
Allie Malloy is a writer for CNN news and has experience in researching developing news stories. In this article Malloy writes about former presidential candidate Romney’s and Senator Durbin’s opposing viewpoint to what Obama has said and done in recent events. This is another free-web source, but again it is from a well-known news corporation, and provides my paper with up to date information on a developing topic.

Mihailović, Dušan, and S. Butiri. Evolving Asymmetric Threats In The Balkans. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2011. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 9 Oct. 2014.
Dušan Mihailović has written in many academic books on the topic of foreign terrorism, and has done years of research and study on the topic. In this book Mihailović describes how terrorist organizations evolve and grow. He goes into great detail on how organizations can wreak havoc, and turn from relatively harmless to truly

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