The 2015 Paris and San Bernardino terrorist attacks heralded the start of a new wave of terrorism?one rooted in the ongoing turmoil in Syria and Iraq that presents the chance of foreign attackers dealing with citizens of the united states. As ISIS seeks to expand its reach in the Middle East, its territory serves as an exercise and operations bottom for a new generation of jihadis. Teenagers from the Western, primarily from European countries, have traveled to join the terror organization, re-emerging as about Radicalized: New Jihadists and the Threat towards the West solidified fighters with armed forces teaching and a network of international contacts. Many have returned with their homelands, where it is feared they are organizing a new group of brutal episodes. When the Battle on Terror started, Western political leaders assured their people that they would be participating terrorists “over there” in Iraq and Afghanistan and not at home.

In this guide to the most recent development in the War on Terror predicated on extensive interviews and previously unseen materials, Peter R. Neumann clarifies the phenomenon from the “fresh jihadis” and just why the risk of terrorism and ISIS in the West is higher than ever before.