The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love, and Terror in Algeria » (REV)

John Kiser is the author of Communist Entrepreneurs: Unknown Innovators in the Global Economy and Stefan Zweig: Death of a Modern Man. A former international technology broker, he has an M.A. from Columbia University in European History and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. His articles have been published in Foreign Policy magazine, the Harvard Business Review, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He lives with his family in Sperryville, Virginia. Visit his website at www.monksoftibhirine.com.

The monastery of Notre Dame de l'Atlas in Tibhirine, Algeria was known for nearly 60 years as a place of friendship between Muslims and Christians. Historian John W. Kiser synthesizes interviews with survivors, friends, and relatives, along with journal entries, to provide an intimate account of the 1996 kidnapping and execution by Islamic militants of seven French Trappist monks who lived at the monastery. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR