The central focus of this book is a small but vitally important group of movements that constitute a distinct 'fifth wave' of modern terrorism, here called the "New Tribalism".

Jeffrey Kaplan is an Associate Professor of Religion and the Director of the Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. He is the author of eleven books on terrorism and political violence.

Introduction Part 1: Theory 1. Terrorism and Religious Violence 2. Rapoport's Four Waves Theory Revisited 3. The Fifth Wave Part 2: Praxis 4. The Lord's Resistance Army 5. The Janjaweed in the Sudan 6. Conclusion-The Fifth Wave?