An edition of The terrorism lectures (2012)

The terrorism lectures

a comprehensive collection for students of terrorism, counterterrorism, and national security

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An edition of The terrorism lectures (2012)

The terrorism lectures

a comprehensive collection for students of terrorism, counterterrorism, and national security

  • 6 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading

Delve into the history of terrorism, its root causes, its many forms and organizations, as well as the frameworks that analysts use to determine the scope of a terrorist threat.

Publish Date
Publisher
Nortia/Current
Language
English
Pages
409

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Table of Contents

Part I : definitions and historical frameworks. An introduction to terrorism : terms, definitions and the quest for power
Surfing the historical "waves" of terrorism
Terrorist groups as learning organizations
Part II : Underlying contexts that motivate and facilitate terrorism. Grievances and opportunities : an introduction
Radicalization
Media and the internet
Economic dimensions
Financial and criminal dimensions
Political dimensions
Part III : Terrorist group ideologies and strategies. Ethnonationalist/separatist terrorism
Left-wing terrorism
Right-wing terrorism
Religious terrorism
Al-Qaeda, part 1 : history and evolution
Al-Qaeda, Part 2 : ideology and targeting strategies
Part IV : The worst weapons of terrorism. Suicide bombings
Weapons of mass destruction : an introduction
Assessing the WMD terrorist threat
Part V : Concluding thoughts. The future of terrorism.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Santa Ana, CA

Classifications

Library of Congress
HV6431 .F666 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 409 p.
Number of pages
409

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31096564M
Internet Archive
terrorismlecture0000fore
ISBN 10
0984225293
ISBN 13
9780984225293
LCCN
2012932108
OCLC/WorldCat
756581994

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