Practical bomb scene investigation by Thurman, James T.

Table of Contents: “…Explosion theory and dynamics -- Identification and recognition of commercial, improvised, and military explosives -- Improvised explosive device components: pre- and postblast identification -- Investigation of the explosion scene and collection of evidence -- Bomb scene investigator and weapons of mass destruction -- Introduction to the identification of military ordinance -- Capabilities of the forensic laboratory: reading the bomber's signature -- Tactical postblast investigation.…”

Analysis and strategies to counter the terrorism threat

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Terrorism overview: history and causes -- Fighting against the financing of terrorism and organized crime -- Strategic communications in public safety organizations -- Defense against improvised explosive devices -- Weapons of mass destruction and terrorism -- Facing the challenge of the evolving terrorist threat -- The role of intelligence in countering terrorism -- Framing suicide terrorism: perceptions and representations -- Rules of engagement for counterterrorism and crisis -- Countering terrorist recruitment -- Future trends in terrorism…”

Analysis and strategies to counter the terrorism threat

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Terrorism overview: history and causes -- Fighting against the financing of terrorism and organized crime -- Strategic communications in public safety organizations -- Defense against improvised explosive devices -- Weapons of mass destruction and terrorism -- Facing the challenge of the evolving terrorist threat -- The role of intelligence in countering terrorism -- Framing suicide terrorism: perceptions and representations -- Rules of engagement for counterterrorism and crisis -- Countering terrorist recruitment -- Future trends in terrorism…”

Understanding terrorism innovation and learning Al-Qaeda and beyond /œcedited by Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark -- The theoretical underpinnings of terrorist innovation decisions / Gary Ackerman -- Innovation and the improvised explosive device / John Allison -- The dynamics of terrorist innovation / Adam Dolnik -- Attacking the West : the influence of al-Qaeda's ideology and propaganda / Søren Hove -- Jihadist innovation and learning by adapting to the "new"and "social media" / Zeitgeist, Nico Prucha -- Learning terror : the evolving threat of overseas training to the West / Paul Cruickshank -- Innovation in terrorists counter-surveillance : the case of al-qaeda and its affiliates / Joshua Sinai -- Case studies -- Innovation and learning in the British jihad / Rafaello Pantucci -- Terrorists lack imagination when choosing targets in Denmark / Morten Skjoldager -- "Please inform Europe" : al-Qaeda's Europlot of 2009/10 in the light of new documents and testimonies / Yassin Musharbash and Guido Steinberg -- Changing patterns in terror plots directed against Germany emanating from militant Uzbek networks in Waziristan / Yassin Musharbash and Guido Steinberg -- Conclusions, magnus ranstorp and magnus normark…”

Forensic investigation of explosions by Beveridge, Alexander

Case studies in system of systems, enterprise systems, and complex systems engineering

Table of Contents: “…Section I: Preliminaries -- Chapter 1: Modern History of System of Systems, Enterprises, and Complex Systems -- Chapter 2: Relevant Aspects of Complex Systems from Complexity Theory -- Chapter 3: Application of Case Studies to Engineering Leadership/Management and Systems Engineering Education -- Section II: Commerce -- Chapter 4: MediaCityUK: Corporate Framework for Complex Construction -- Chapter 5: IBS Group, Eastern European IT Services: Capability-Based Development for Business Transformation -- Chapter 6: Global Distribution Centers: Multilevel Supply Chain Modeling to Govern Complexity -- Chapter 7: Humanitarian Relief Logistics: Multicriteria Decision Analysis and Simulation for Supply Chain Risk Management -- Section III: Culture -- Chapter 8: Construction of an Afghanistan School: Enterprise System Engineering for International Development Assistance in a Foreign Culture -- Section IV: Environment -- Chapter 9: Utility-Scale Wind Plant System: Value Analysis of Interactions, Dependencies, and Synergies -- Section V: Finance -- Chapter 10: United States Banking System: Systemic Risk and Reliability AssessmentSection VI: Health Care -- Chapter 11: Whole-of-Nation Health Capabilities: A System of Systems Methodology for Assessing Serious and Unusual Emergencies -- Chapter 12: Hospitals and Health-Care Systems: Methods for Reducing Errors in Medical Systems -- Section VII: Homeland Security -- Chapter 13: Disaster Response System of System Case Study Outline -- Chapter 14: Improvised Explosive Devices in Asymmetric Conflicts: Multisource Data Fusion for Providing Situational Information -- Chapter 15: Dutch Emergency Response Organization: Safety Region-Quantitative Approach to Operational Resilience -- Section VIII: Military -- Chapter 16: Complex Adaptive Operating System: Creating Methods for Complex Project Management -- Chapter 17: Australian National Security and the Australian Department of Defence: Framework to Enhance Strategic Planning and Capability Development in Defense Acquisition Organizations -- Chapter 18: United States Military Partner Capacity: System Dynamics to Quantify Strategic Investments -- Chapter 19: US Air Force Network Infrastructure System-of-Systems Engineering -- Chapter 20: US Navy Submarine Sonar Systems: Layered Lateral Enterprise-Technical System Architectures for Defense Acquisition -- Chapter 21: United States Air Power Command and Control: Enterprise Architecture for Flexibility and Decentralized Control -- Section IX: Transportation -- Chapter 22: NextGen: Enterprise Transformation of the United States Air Transport Network -- Chapter 23: Airbus A380 and Boeing 787: Contrast of Competing Architectures for Air Transportation -- Chapter 24: US Air Traffic System: Autonomous Agent-Based Flight for Removing Central Control -- Chapter 25: Heathrow Terminal 5: Cost Management for a Mega Construction Project -- Chapter 26: US Airways Flight 1549: Root Cause Analysis for the Miracle on the Hudson…”

U.S. Army guide to boobytraps

Tunnel rats vs the Taliban how Aussie sappers led the way in the war on terror by Thomson, Jimmy, MacGregor, Sandy 1940-2015