Neil Krishan Aggarwal is a cultural psychiatrist and social scientist who specializes in cross-cultural conflicts and negotiation. After medical school, he completed a residency in psychiatry, a graduate degree in South Asian Studies, and a post-doctoral fellowship in clinically applied medical anthropology. His areas of professional interest include cultural psychiatry, cultural psychology, and psychiatric anthropology. He conducts research and teaches in both the Department of Psychiatry and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, where he is a core member of the Committee on Global Thought. He continues to maintain fieldwork in South Asia.

• Introduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1.A Method to Construct Psychological Case Studies of Militant LeadersChapter 2: Burhan Wani, Zakir Musa, and Syed Salahuddin from the Hizbul Mujahideen Chapter 3: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Ajmal Kasab, and Saifullah Khalid from the Lashkar-e-TayyabaChapter 4: Maulana Masood Azhar, Afzal Guru, and Adil Ahmed Dar from the Jaish-e-MohammadChapter 5: Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden, and Ayman Al Zawahiri from Al QaedaAppendix

Neil Krishan Aggarwal is a cultural psychiatrist and social scientist who specializes in cross-cultural conflicts and negotiation. After medical school, he completed a residency in psychiatry, a graduate degree in South Asian Studies, and a post-doctoral fellowship in clinically applied medical anthropology. His areas of professional interest include cultural psychiatry, cultural psychology, and psychiatric anthropology. He conducts research and teaches in both the Department of Psychiatry and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, where he is a core member of the Committee on Global Thought. He continues to maintain fieldwork in South Asia.

• Introduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1.A Method to Construct Psychological Case Studies of Militant LeadersChapter 2: Burhan Wani, Zakir Musa, and Syed Salahuddin from the Hizbul Mujahideen Chapter 3: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Ajmal Kasab, and Saifullah Khalid from the Lashkar-e-TayyabaChapter 4: Maulana Masood Azhar, Afzal Guru, and Adil Ahmed Dar from the Jaish-e-MohammadChapter 5: Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden, and Ayman Al Zawahiri from Al QaedaAppendix

Neil Krishan Aggarwal is a cultural psychiatrist and social scientist who specializes in cross-cultural conflicts and negotiation. After medical school, he completed a residency in psychiatry, a graduate degree in South Asian Studies, and a post-doctoral fellowship in clinically applied medical anthropology. His areas of professional interest include cultural psychiatry, cultural psychology, and psychiatric anthropology. He conducts research and teaches in both the Department of Psychiatry and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, where he is a core member of the Committee on Global Thought. He continues to maintain fieldwork in South Asia.

• Introduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1.A Method to Construct Psychological Case Studies of Militant LeadersChapter 2: Burhan Wani, Zakir Musa, and Syed Salahuddin from the Hizbul Mujahideen Chapter 3: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Ajmal Kasab, and Saifullah Khalid from the Lashkar-e-TayyabaChapter 4: Maulana Masood Azhar, Afzal Guru, and Adil Ahmed Dar from the Jaish-e-MohammadChapter 5: Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden, and Ayman Al Zawahiri from Al QaedaAppendix