Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The vulnerable in-betweeners and the children of terror -- Basic techniques of terrorists' brain washing and indoctrination -- In-betweener countries and communities -- The personal pathway model of terrorist development -- Adam Gadahn : a television voice of al Qaeda -- John Walker Lindh : the American Taliban -- Nidal Malik Hasan, MD : Fort Hood's jihadi doctor death -- Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo : an explosive conscientious objector -- Jose Padilla, Bryant Neal Vinas, and Sharif Mobley -- Richard Reid and Umar Farouck Abdulmutallab : UK and Nigeria's homegrowns -- Omar Hammani of Alabama : the jihadi next door -- Female homegrown terrorists : Aafia Siddiqui and Colleen Larose -- Right wing ideology and its violent fringe : Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kaczynski -- A left wing homegrown terrorist : Bill Ayers -- The Boston marathon bombers, Chechnya's history, and spiritual heirs of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki -- Decisions, actions, and responsibility of homegrown terrorists -- Afterword: what we all can do to help prevent homegrown terrorism -- Appendix I: Timeline of homegrown terrorist actions -- Appendix II: violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism prevention act -- Appendix III: Recommended reading list -- Glossary -- References and works consulted -- Index.