| Description |
xviii, 425 pages : illustrations maps ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. What Is Terrorism? -- Definitions of Terrorism -- Incidents of Terrorism -- Motivation -- Highlights of Reprinted Articles -- Exploring the What of Terrorism Further -- Video Notes -- Terrorism: The Problem of Definition Revisited / H. H. A. Cooper -- The Logic of Terrorism: Terrorist Behavior as a Product of Strategic Choice / Martha Crenshaw -- 2. History of Terrorism -- Early Justifications for Terrorism -- Religious Terrorism: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot -- State-Sponsored Terrorism: The French Revolution -- Political Terrorism: Anarchists and Propaganda by Deed -- Terrorism and Colonialism: The Philosophy of the Bomb -- Lessons Learned From History -- Highlights of Reprinted Articles -- Exploring the History of Terrorism Further -- Video Notes -- Fear and Trembling: Terrorism in Three Religious Traditions / David C. Rapport -- The Spirit of Despotism: Understanding the Tyrant Within / Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries -- 3. International Terrorism -- Terrorism Around the World -- State-Sponsored Terrorism -- Religious Fanaticism: An Old Trend and a New Threat -- A Few Infamous Terrorists -- An Infamous Terrorist Attack: Pan Am Flight 103 -- Highlights of Reprinted Articles -- Exploring Global Terrorism Further -- Video Notes -- The Interaction of Narcotics and Conflict / Svante E. Cornell -- Mapping Jihadist Terrorism in Spain / Javier Jordan and Nicola Horsburgh -- 4. Terrorist Tactics Around the Globe -- Children at War -- Financing Terrorist Networks -- Conventional Tactics Becoming More Deadly -- Leaderless Resistance -- Guidebooks of Terror Tactics -- The Basics -- Suicide Terrorism -- Highlights of Reprinted Articles -- Exploring Conventional Terrorist Tactics Further -- Video Notes -- The Logic of Suicide Terrorism / Bruce Hoffman -- The Ultimate Organization: Networks, Franchises, and Freelancers / Jessica Stern -- 5. Homegrown Terrorism in the United States -- State-Sponsored Terrorism -- Leftist Class Struggles -- Anarchists/Ecoterrorists -- Racial Supremacy -- Religious Extremists -- The New Century -- Highlights of Reprinted Articles -- Exploring Homegrown Terrorism Further -- Video Notes -- Political Eschatology: A Theology of Antigovernment Extremism / Jonathan R. White -- Eco-Terrorism or Justified Resistance? Radical Environmentalism and the "War on Terror" / Steve Vanderheiden -- 6. Media Coverage of Terrorism -- Media, Law, and Terrorism -- Irresponsible Reporting -- Making Martyrs: Terrorists and the Death Penalty -- Competing Concerns -- Highlights of Reprinted Articles -- Exploring Media and Terrorism Further -- Video Notes -- Filling the 24 x 7 News Hole: Television News Coverage Following September 11 / Ian R. McDonald and Regina G. Lawrence -- Terrorism and Censorship: The Media in Chains / Terry Anderson -- 7. Women Terrorists -- The Black Widows of Chechnya -- Females as Terrorists -- Roles and Activities for Female Terrorists -- Two Exceptional Terrorist Groups -- Two Female Terrorists -- Ideology and Female Terrorists -- Highlights of Reprinted Articles -- Exploring Women as Terrorists Further -- Video Notes -- The Portrayal of Female Terrorists in the Media: Similar Framing Patterns in the News Coverage of Women in Politics and in Terrorism / Brigitte L. Nacos -- Women and Organized Racial Terrorism in the United States / Kathleen M. Blee -- 8. Technology and Terrorism -- CBRNE -- The Internet and Terrorism -- Aum Shinrikyo: A Terrorist Cult -- Highlights of Reprinted Articles -- Exploring Technology and Terrorists Further -- Video Notes -- The Sarin Gas Attacks on the Tokyo Subway - 10 Years Later/Lessons Learned / Randal Beaton, Andy Stergachis, Mark Oberle, Elizabeth Bridges, Marcus Nemuth and Tamlyn Thomas -- Intelligence Estimates of Nuclear Terrorism / Micah Zenko -- 9. Counterterrorism -- Counterterrorism and Foreign Policy -- Domestic Counterterrorism -- Highlights of Reprinted Articles -- Exploring Counterterrorism Further -- Video Notes -- Blowback Revisited / Peter Bergen and Alec Reynolds -- War v. Justice: Terrorism Cases, Enemy Combatants, and Political Justice in U.S. Courts / Christiane Wilke -- App. A. Locations of Worldwide Terrorist Activity (Maps 1-8) -- App. B. United Nations General Assembly Adopts Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy -- App. C. Video Notes |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE, 2003 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Terrorism -- Social aspects.
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Terrorism.
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| Author |
Griset, Pamala L., 1946-
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| LC no. |
2007011268 |
| ISBN |
1412950155 (paperback) |
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9781412950152 (paperback) |
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