Global Terrorism : A Reference Handbook /: A Reference Handbook. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven J. Childs.
• Authors: Childs, Steven J
• Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Background and HistoryTerrorism as a Concept- The Perpetrators and Victims of Terrorism- The Means of Terrorism- The Aims of Terrorism- Examples of Terrorism- Terrorism at Home and Abroad- State-Sponsored TerrorismA History of Terrorism- Terrorism from Ancient Times to the French Revolution- Global Terrorism in the Modern Era- It's All About PoliticsReferences2. Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsThe Problems Posed by Terrorism- Problems of Prevention at the Individual Level- Problems of Prevention at the Organizational Level- Problems of Prevention at the Systemic Level- A Complex Phenomena: The Limits of Prevention- Problems of ResponseResponding to Terrorism- Why Do They Do it? Strategy Versus Psychology- Does Terrorism Actually Work?- How Severe of a Threat Is Terrorism?- Can Deterrence Strategies End Terrorism?- Terrorism and Rational Choice- Are Democracies More Vulnerable?- How Should the Media Behave?- How Does the Media Behave?- New Media and Terrorism- Civil Liberties and International Terrorism- Civil Liberties and Domestic TerrorismSolutions for Countering Terrorism- Negotiations- Offensive Measures: Decapitation and Repression- Defensive Measures: Static Barriers and Homeland Security- Counter-Terrorism Mindset: National Security or Criminal Justice?References3. PerspectivesViolence Spurs Change, Yet Terrorism Is for Losers, Benjamin AcostaWhy Terrorism Does Not Really Work, Max AbrahmsWithout the Rule of Law, What's Left?, Kevork KazanjianRight-wing Terrorism: History and Trends, Simeone MillerEthnonationalist/Separatist Groups, Anibal SerranoReligious Terrorism, Tim MiloschMiddle East Terrorism: An Old Dance to a New Song?, Kevin PetitSurging Militant Islamist Violence in Africa Shifts Locus of International Terrorism, Candace Cook4. ProfilesAl QaedaEdward Snowden (1983– )Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts (FISC)George W. Bush (1946– )HamasHezbollahIllich Ramirez Sanchez (1949– )Islamic StateNarodnaya VolyaRand Paul (1963– )Theodore Kaczynski (1942– )Timothy McVeigh (1968–2001)U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM)5. Data and DocumentsData- Table 5.1: Killed and Wounded by Terrorist Attacks (1970-2019)- Table 5.2: Killed and Wounded by Suicide Terrorist Attacks (1974-2017)- Table 5.3: Number and Types of Terror Attacks (1970-2019)- Table 5.4: Types of Terrorist Groups and Degree of Success Achieved (1866-2014)- Table 5.5: Rebel Leader Cause of Death (1964-2012)Documents- Johann Most, 'Action as Propaganda' (1885)- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 'First Political Statement' (1967)- Carlos Marighella, Minimanual of the Urban Guerilla (1969) (Excerpt)- Timothy McVeigh, 'Letter to Rita Cosby' (2001)- Osama bin Laden et al., 'Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders' (1998)6. ResourcesBooksArticles and ReportsNonprint Resources7. ChronologyGlossaryIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (368 pages)
• Subjects: Political ideologies; Political subversion; Military intelligence; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- Intelligence; Terrorism, armed struggle
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216171645; 8216171641
• Related ISBNs: 9781440878251
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