Books in the A History of Terror series

Insurgencies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere-the majority linked to al Qaeda-are in the news on an almost daily basis. But very little surfaces about a festering insurgency that has been on the go for six years in West Africa under the acronym of AQIM, or al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Focuses on 14 Field Security and Intelligence Company recruitment, training and operations.

A story of torture and cold-blooded killing, and lies, denials and betrayal at the highest level.

Explores the terror of the Russian Civil War.

Detailed account of the formation and brutal activities of the Nazi Security Service (SD), Reinhard Heydrich's notorious death squads-Einsatzgruppen.