Bibliograph

Understanding terrorism, challenges, perspectives, and issues, C. Gus (Augustus) Martin

Type

Label

Understanding terrorism, challenges, perspectives, and issues, C. Gus (Augustus) Martin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Understanding terrorism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

744292789

Responsibility statement

C. Gus (Augustus) Martin

Sub title

challenges, perspectives, and issues

Summary

The Fourth Edition of Gus Martin's Understanding Terrorism, once again offers a multidisciplinary, comprehensive exploration of contemporary terrorism that helps readers develop the knowledge and skills they need to critically assess terrorism in general and terrorist incidents in particular. The Fourth Edition presents new, updated theories, cases, and incidents as well as new photographs, updated tables, and enhanced graphics. An entirely new chapter is devoted to homeland security in the United States and Europe

Table Of Contents

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

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