Both authors bring their own expertise regarding the study of terrorism. I am impressed with their competencies and the methodologies that they employed to develop the information. As a doctoral social scientist professor emeritus with law enforcement experience, my perspective is somewhat different than a lay person. Dr. Ahmet Yayla used direct interviewing of defectors in Turkey and his knowledge of the region as a former police chief in a major city in Turkey, as well as serving as a former head of an anti terrorism unit, and then being the Chair of a Sociology Department in Turkey gave him incredible insight into the issues. His coauthor Dr. Speckhard is also a doctoral level social scientist who has expansive knowledge of terrorism in many cultures. They used direct in person interviews, as well as a creative use of video interviewing via the Internet coupled with other methodologies to gather the information. I will refrain from summarizing the book, but it is well worth reading not only lay folks but governmental and law enforcement types. Some reviewers have noted that the authors took great personal risks. Not many academics are willing to put their lives on the line to develop data. That in itself makes these two authors stand out far above the armchair social scientists who confine themselves to only using data that is far removed from the actual field of terrorism but frequently misses the mark. Both are under direct threat because of this research. That strongly suggests that ISIS does not like others examining their social structure and social organization. Dr. Speckhard is the director of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism and Dr. Yayla is a Deputy Director.
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