Terrorism in perspective
This book takes a broad-based approach that emphasizes the historical, cultural, political, religious, social, and economic factors that underlie an understanding of both global and domestic terrorism. This unique text-reader combines original essays with the best of the existing literature on terro...
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Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Sage Publications
2013
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.What Is Terrorism?
- Definitions of Terrorism
- U.S. Government Definitions
- Scholarly Definitions
- Commonalities in Definitions
- Incidents of Terrorism
- National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
- Global Terrorism Database
- Motivation
- Collective Explanations
- Individual Explanations
- Moral Explanations
- Useful Explanations
- Highlights of Reprinted Articles
- Exploring the What of Terrorism Further
- Terrorism: The Problem of Definition Revisited / H. H. A. Cooper
- A General Strain Theory of Terrorism / Robert Agnew
- 2.History of Terrorism
- Early Justifications for Terrorism
- Religious Terrorism: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
- State-Sponsored Terrorism: The French Revolution
- Political Terrorism: Anarchists and Propaganda by Deed
- Political Terrorism of the Russian Narodnaya Volya
- Terrorism and Colonialism: The Philosophy of the Bomb
- Contents note continued: Colonialism and Indian Terrorism
- Colonialism, Racism, and Algerian Terrorism
- Colonialism Makes Latin America a Hotbed of Terrorism
- The Urban Guerrilla
- Lessons Learned From History
- Highlights of Reprinted Articles
- Exploring the History of Terrorism Further
- Fear and Trembling: Terrorism in Three Religious Traditions / David C. Rapoport
- The Spirit of Despotism: Understanding the Tyrant Within / Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
- 3.International Terrorism
- Terrorism Around the World
- State-Sponsored Terrorism
- Cuba
- Iran
- Sudan
- Syria
- Sanctions
- Religious Fanaticism: An Old Trend and a New Threat
- A Few Infamous Terrorists
- Che Guevara
- Carlos the Jackal
- Osama bin Laden
- Velupillai Prabhakaran
- Subcomandante Marcos
- An Infamous Terrorist Attack: Pan Am Flight 103
- Western Views on Libya
- Highlights of Reprinted Articles
- Exploring Global Terrorism Further
- Contents note continued: The Four Waves of Modern Terrorism / David C. Rapoport
- Radical Islam in East Africa / Charles R. Stith
- 4.Terrorist Tactics Around the Globe
- Children at War
- Financing Terrorist Networks
- Ancient Islamic Traditions
- Legal Actions
- Money Laundering
- Conventional Tactics Become More Deadly
- Leaderless Resistance
- Guidebooks of Terror Tactics
- The Basics: Assassinations, Hijackings, Kidnappings and Hostage Taking, and Bombings
- Assassinations
- Hijackings
- Kidnappings and Hostage Taking
- Bombings
- Suicide Terrorism
- Female Suicide Bombers
- Highlights of Reprinted Articles
- Exploring Conventional Terrorist Tactics Further
- The Interaction of Narcotics and Conflict / Svante E. Cornell
- New Terror Architecture in South Asia: 26/11 Mumbai Attacks Inquiry / Saroj Kumar Rath
- 5. Homegrown Terrorism in the United States
- Muslim-American Terrorism in the United States
- Researching Incidents of Homegrown Terrorism
- Contents note continued: Hate Groups and Terrorism
- State-Sponsored Terrorism
- Leftist Groups
- Leftist Class Struggles
- Anarchists/Ecoterrorists
- Right-Wing Groups
- Racial Supremacy
- Religious Extremists
- The Future
- Highlights of Reprinted Articles
- Exploring Homegrown Terrorism Further
- Ku Klux Klan: A History of Racism and Violence / Klan Watch Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
- Skinheads in America: Racists on the Rampage / Southern Poverty Law Center
- 6.Media Coverage of Terrorism
- Competing Concerns
- Media, Law, and Terrorism
- Irresponsible Reporting
- Interfering in State Operations Against Terrorism
- Cooperating With Terrorists or Government
- Selling Terrorism: Commercial and Political Interests in Media Reports
- Making Martyrs: Terrorists and the Death Penalty
- Timothy McVeigh
- Abimael Guzman
- Highlights of Reprinted Articles
- Exploring Media and Terrorism Further
- Contents note continued: Filling the 24x7 News Hole: Television News Coverage Following September 11 / Regina G. Lawrence
- Terrorism and Censorship: The Media in Chains / Terry Anderson
- 7.Women Terrorists
- The Black Widows of Chechnya
- Female Terrorists
- Roles and Activities for Female Terrorists
- Sympathizers
- Spies
- Warriors
- Dominant Forces
- Two Exceptional Terrorist Groups
- Two Female Terrorists
- Ulrike Meinhof
- Augusta La Torre Guzman
- Ideology and Female Terrorists
- Highlights of Reprinted Articles
- Exploring Women as Terrorists Further
- The Portrayal of Female Terrorists in the Media: Similar Framing Patterns in the News Coverage of Women in Politics and in Terrorism / Brigitte L. Nacos
- Women and organized racial terrorism in the united states / Kathleen M. Blee
- 8.Technology and Terrorism
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons and Explosive Devices
- Chemical Weapons
- Biological Weapons
- Contents note continued: Radiological Weapons
- Nuclear Weapons
- Explosive Devices
- How Real Is the Threat?
- The Internet and Terrorism
- Digital Terrorism
- How Real Is the Threat?
- Aum Shinrikyo: A Terrorist Cult
- Shoko Asahara: A Chaotic Leader
- From Bizarre to Dangerous
- The Attack
- The Aftermath
- Highlights of Reprinted Articles
- Exploring Technology and Terrorists Further
- Mutually Assured Support: A Security Doctrine for Terrorist Nuclear Weapons Threats / Marc Sageman
- Cyber-Fatwas and Terrorism / Gabriel Weimann
- 9.Counterterrorism
- Counterterrorism and Foreign Policy
- The United States at War
- "Late Modern Warfare"
- The United States as a Target
- Clash of Civilizations?
- The UN Response to Terrorism
- International Cooperation and the Use of Military Forces
- Torture
- The High Cost of Retaliation
- Domestic Counterterrorism
- Legislating Against Terrorism
- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
- Contents note continued: The USA PATRIOT Act
- The Counterterrorism Bureaucracy
- Controversial Detentions and Military Tribunals
- Detentions
- Guantanamo Bay
- Other Prisons for Terrorists: Legal and Extra-Legal
- Military Tribunals
- Three Infamous Cases From the U.S. History of Counterterrorism
- The Palmer Raids
- Japanese Internment
- More Red Scares: House Un-American Activities Committee and McCarthyism
- Highlights of Reprinted Articles
- Exploring Counterterrorism Further
- Assassinating Justly: Reflections on Justice and Revenge in the Osama bin Laden Killing / Roger Berkowitz
- Profiling in the Age of Total Information Awareness / Nancy Murray
- 10.Rage and Rebellion in the Arab World: Potential Impacts on Terrorism
- Overview of Regional Events
- Tunisia
- Voting for Change
- Egypt
- Voting
- Libya
- The Revolution
- Yemen
- Syria
- Background
- The Protests and the Vicious Response
- The World's Reaction
- And Where Will It End?
- Contents note continued: Elsewhere in the Arab World
- Bahrain
- Saudi Arabia
- Morocco
- Jordan
- Palestine
- The Reach of the Revolution
- Highlights of Reprinted Articles
- Exploring Terrorism and the Arab Uprisings Further
- Al Qaeda's Challenge / William McCants
- The Unbreakable Muslim Brotherhood / Eric Trager.