"This book will analyze seven terrorist and insurgent groups to determine how these groups fund their organizations, the various ways in which funding supports their operational and organizational principles, and how this funding could be disrupted." -- From the preface.

Introduction --The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) : "The troubles" in Northern Ireland -- The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) : a diversified funding portfolio -- Hezbollah : financing the Party of God -- Hamas : guns and glory in Gaza -- Afghan Taliban : from strugglers to smugglers -- Al-Qaida : 9/11, franchise groups, and the future after Bin Laden -- The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) : building a caliphate in the Levant -- Conclusion.