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From the foreword: "Dr. Demarest's book gives students and practitioners a pragmatic start point rooted in the classic principles of war and simultaneously in the jurisprudential principles of impunity and culpability concepts that apply across the...

"A Military Guide to Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century" is a capstone reference guide prepared under the direction of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), TRADOC G2 as a capstone reference guide on terrorism. This guide addresses...

State terrorism, as a concept, has largely been operationalised out of terrorism literature. When a state uses violence systematically against unarmed victims, with the purpose of generating fear and communicating a message to a group beyond the...

Le livre ""Le Crime Politique Et Les Revolutions V1 (1892)"" de Cesare Lombroso est une �����tude approfondie du crime politique et de son lien avec les r�����volutions. L'auteur, un c�����l�����bre criminologue italien, examine les causes et les...

This book uses an historical body of knowledge, Just War Theory, as the basis for analyzing modern conflicts involving Armed Non-State Actors who employ force against states. As the global community faces the challenges of globalization, terrorism,...

The Long War refers to the struggle against radical strains of Islam, which will take generations; the Short War refers to the effort to stop a WMD attack that would inflict grave damage on America and the West. The author is optimistic that the West...

The film Fahrenheit 9/11 convinces nearly all who see it--and believe it--that George Bush was unfit to lead on 9/11 and beyond. Fahrenheit 9-12--this book--convinces nearly all who read it that a review of the sources of virtually every frame and every...

9/11 - what did the Israelis know, and when did they know it?With information culled from mainstream sources, author Justin Raimondo shows in this eye-opening book that Israel's spies in the United States had been watching the 9/11 terrorists. As the...

This new study challenges the widely held view that many current US adversaries cannot be deterred, maintaining that deterrence is not a relic of the Cold War period and that it should shape US policies toward so-called 'rogue states' and terror groups. ...

Decades before al-Qaeda took shape, religious radicals in Southeast Asia were laying the groundwork for a struggle to achieve a backward-looking utopia. This is the story of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the secretive organization that spans no less than half a...

Seven Africanist scholars from the African Strategic and Peace Research Group in Nigeria here address the threat of terrorism in the context of the global strategic climate. The study is against the background of the altered shape of the global security...

The security issues which have come into prominence since the September 11 terrorist attack in the USA provide both the starting point and the focus for this comprehensive survey of contemporary security issues in the Caribbean. This volume assesses the...

Think you know what's really going on in the world of terrorism? So, think again! Perceptions and feelings prevalent in the public arena do not necessarily align with the scientific findings and data, such that baseless "facts" about terrorism are...

1.Einleitung2.Entwicklung des Terrors in Deutschland seit 19702.1.Terror in Deutschland in den 1970er Jahren2.2.Die Rote-Armee-Fraktion und ihr Leitmotiv2.3.Die Entführung von Hanns Martin Schleyer2.4.Aktuelle Progression des Terrors in Deutschland und...

This book is unique in that it explores the world view of the Arabic people, a view of life and culture that has been incorporated into and brought to extreme applications in the minds of Muslim terrorists. The volume also has a section on the Christian...

This book starts the process of tying together scattered threads, which run from the Chappaquiddick 'accident' up to the bombings of the Murrah Building and World Trade Towers. Where the evidence indicates varying possibilities this is pointed out, but...

Why would people want to give up hard earned money for this book.a) It is both contemporary and impactful. It sums up and examines many issues that are raging in the new millenium. There are numerous people that could read and relate to this book.b) It...

This study examines the US fiction and related films which makes a series of interventions in the cultural debate over the threat of nuclear terrorism. It traces the beginnings of this anxiety from the 1970s, which increased during the 1990s after the...

This book shows a thorough examination of Terrorism in one of the world's most dangerous regions. Covering the bombing of the AMIA in Argentina, this hearing sheds light on how these organizations work. This is a must-read for anyone interested in Latin...

A comprehensive hearing held by the US Senate in the wake of the September 11 attacks, exploring the threat of foreign terrorism in America and the government's response. Includes testimony from experts in the field and recommendations for future action...

Democrats (and believe it or not, some Republicans) have finally come out of their coma, rejecting the lies and deception of the Bush Administration, weary of the senseless war in Iraq and alarmed by the erosion of our civil liberties. Best of all,...

A Diary of Four Years of Terrorism and Anti-Semitism 2000-2004 is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Israel, the Mideast, anti-Semitism, terrorism and the threat it poses to the U.S. and the rest of the free world.Author Robert Friedmann...

The collapse of communism in Europe, the quest for economic security and the War on Terror have all affected China's view of security matters. Ong provides a comprehensive study of the new policy and security challenges China faces in the...

This team of international experts analyses the possibilities and limitations of preventing or reducing terrorism by addressing the factors that give rise to it and sustain it. The key questions raised include: * what are the main circumstances that...

Countering Terrorist and Criminal Financing provides an up-to-date overview and critical analysis of terrorism financing and measures looking at practical, instituational practices directed at preventing money laundering and counter the flow of terrorism...

Preface - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Chronology - Hezbollah Looks West - Gama Islamiya - Revolutionary Furnace - Hezbollah in Lebanon - Hijacking Involvement - The Western Hostage Saga - The Enemy Within the Enemy - Iranian Terrorist...

There are more things under heaven than can be explainedWhat caused 911? Was it terrorism or design? Who are the neoconservatives? What really happened to bin Laden? Who makes military grade 'weaponised' anthrax? The twin towers were asbestos ridden...

John Ruot joined the southern Sudanese army when he was just 13 years old. He starded to fight against Bin Laden's terrorism going on in Sudan. In order to fight it, he had to learn 14 languages. As a Lost Boy in southern Sudan, he saw terrorism long...

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Opportunities for Nuclear Terrorism Terrorism: Psychological and Instrumental Approaches Religious Terror Ideological Terrorism The Likelihood of Nuclear Terrorism Conclusion Notes Bibliography...

The purpose of my research, which was conducted in spring 2005, was todiscover how far the U.S. Government can go in limiting the right to habeascorpus (the right to judicial review of detention) while combating terrorism.The main finding of my work is...

This book develops a detailed, disaggregated theoretical and empirical framework that explains variations in mass killing by authoritarian regimes globally, with a specific focus on Pakistan, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Using a combination of...

This edited collection aims to respond to dominant perspectives on twenty-first-century war by exploring how the events of 9/11 and the subsequent Wars on Terror are represented and remembered outside of the US framework. Existing critical coverage...

This book focuses on the current, chaotic world stage, which is characterized by new forms of global violence and new types of actors, such as terrorist networks. Based on interdisciplinary analysis combining political science and psychoanalysis, history...

This is a collection of interdisciplinary essays that examines the historical, political, and social significance of 9/11. This collection considers 9/11 as an event situated within the much larger historical context of late late-capitalism, a...

This book examines the history of "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland in the 1970s-1990s and compares it with the situation in the Gaza Strip. The book takes as its cue the tragic events in Gaza in July 2014, when Israel launched Operation Protective...

Thisbook analyzes the origins and organizational structure of Islamic State (IS), examiningits military triumphs and success in securing new recruits via social media. Fromits base in Iraq and Syria, IS has spread globally with 17 regional affiliatesfrom...

The USA's first confrontation with terrorism wasn't in 2001. Do youknow how the Reagan Administration dealt with the prospect of Mid-Easternterrorism? What was America's policy - did we actually have a policy? Findsome surprising answers here.

The number of incidents and crimes carried out by terrorists and criminals, such as physical threats, violent attacks, assassinations, kidnapping and hostage situations are increasing by the minute worldwide. Each incident is a constant and ever...