Understanding terrorism : challenges, perspectives, and issues
This overview of terrorism considers both historical & contemporary cases & data. It is organized into four units: terrorism, the terrorists, the terrorist trade & the final analysis
Lehrbuch
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
9781412970594, 9781452205823, 1412970598, 1452205825
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Terrorism: a conceptual review
Terrorism: first impressions
The nature of the beast: defining terrorism
Beginnings: the causes of terrorism
The terrorists
Terror from above: state terrorism
Terror from below: Dissident terrorism
Violence in the name of faith: religious terrorism
Violent ideologies: terrorism from left and right
Terrorist spillovers: international terrorism
Emerging terrorist environments: gender-selective political violence and criminal dissident terrorism
The terrorist trade
Tools of the trade: tactics and targets of terrorists
The information battleground: terrorist violence and role of the media
Final analysis
The American case: terrorism in the United States
Responding to terror: the options
What next? The future of terrorism