Peter A Olsson: 2 books

Malignant Pied Pipers

A Psychological Study of Destructive Cult Leaders from Rev. Jim Jones to Osama bin Laden

by Peter A. Olsson, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018

For more than twenty years, I have studied destructive and apocalyptic cult leaders like Jim Jones, David Koresh (Waco), Shoko Asahara (Aum Shinriko), Marshall Applewhite (Heaven’s Gate), Charles Manson (Helter Skelter Murderers), and Luc Jouret and Joseph DiMambro (Suicidal Solar Temple).These...

The Making of a Homegrown Terrorist: Brainwashing Rebels in Search of a Cause

by Peter A. Olsson MD
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014

What are the factors that lead some individuals to become terrorists? In this book, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst examines case histories of terrorism and reveals how radicalized youths living next door can become dangerous homegrown terrorists. • Presents a detailed study of 20 homegrown...