“[A] fascinating and incisive cataloguing of the known economic activities of organizations that, whether terrorist or not, have as their aim the transformation of the existing order in the Middle East, the broader Muslim world and, ultimately, the United States.”

“Napoleoni comes up with a startling conclusion that the “New Economy of Terror is a fast growing international economic system, with a turnover of about $1.5 trillion, twice the GDP of the United Kingdom.”

“By tracing the dollars behind the terror networks, she estimates that the “new economy of terrorism” has now grown to $1.5 trillion or more in both illegal and legal transactions.”

“Napoleoni’s utterly compelling, heroically researched and indispensible analysis follows nothing but, eschews what she calls the “trap of politics”, sets out to trace Islamist terrorism to its financial roots and show how, as with everything else, there are grey areas.”