Terrorism

This book offers a unique account of British and United States government's attempts to adapt their propaganda strategies to global terrorist threats in a post-9/11 media environment. It discusses Anglo-American coordination and domestic struggles that...

This book explores the evolutionary context of terrorism and political violence. While evolutionary thinking has come to permeate both biological and social-science theorising, it has not yet been applied systematically to the areas of terrorism and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680922660Author National Comm on Terrorist AttacksFormat HardbackPage Count 588Imprint 12th Media ServicesPublisher 12th Media ServicesWeight(grams) 216g

Maritime security covers many issues including disputes over ownership of the continental shelf and of the boundaries of Exclusive Economic Zones, as well as protecting citizens from ballistic missile attacks using sea-based platforms and the...

Despite the frequent appearances of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri on television screens worldwide, Al Qaeda remains an elusive entity. As the world has grown increasingly familiar with the spectacle of Islamist terrorism, Al Qaeda's essential...

Why we need to think more like economists to successfully combat terrorism If we are to correctly assess the root causes of terrorism and successfully address the threat, we must think more like economists do. This is the argument of Alan Krueger's What...

The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups. Beginning with the violent border disputes that emerged after...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ruled Mosul from 2014-2017 in accordance with its extremist interpretation of sharia. But beyond what is known about ISIS governance in the city from the group's own materials, very little is understood about...

Discussions about the meaning of terrorism are enduring in everyday language, government policy, news reporting, and international politics. And disagreements about both the definition and the class of violent events that constitute terrorism contribute...

How does the Iraq War affect the future world order? What kinds of problems has this war brought about, and what is needed to remedy these problems, so as to reconstruct an order in Iraq and beyond? The present volume is a collection of essays exploring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312675110Author Matthew AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 213mm...

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In Al-Qaeda's Revenge: The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings, Fernando Reinares tells the story of "3/11" - the March 11, 2004, bombings of commuter trains in Madrid, which killed 191 people and injured more than 1,800. He examines the development of an...

Discover how the United States can beat China, Russia, Iran, and ISIS in the coming information-technology wars from the New York Times bestselling author and veteran Washington Times columnist Bill Gertz.America is at war, but most of its citizens don't...

This book explores terrorism as a strategic choic-- one made carefully and deliberately by rational actors. Through an analysis of the terrorist groups of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, it charts a series of different strategic 'scripts' at play in...

Nuclear terrorism is such a disturbing prospect that we shy away from its details. Yet as a consequence, we fail to understand how best to defeat it. Michael Levi takes us inside nuclear terrorism and behind the decisions a terrorist leader would be...

In "Counterstrike", Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of "The New York Times" take readers into a previously hidden theater of war, as U.S. ground troops, intelligence operatives, and top executive branch officials have fashioned effective new strategies to...

Understanding and harnessing the persuasive powers of narrative is central to U.S. and international counter-terrorism efforts. There is an urgent need to understand the narrative tactics of terrorist recruitment and an equal if not greater need to...

This textbook serves as a guide to design and evaluate evidence-based programs intended to prevent or counter violent extremism (P/CVE).Violent extremism and related hate crimes are problems which confront societies in virtually every region of the...

The use of nonviolent action is on the rise. From the Occupy Movement to the Arab Spring and mass protests on the streets of Brazil, activists across the world are increasingly using unarmed tactics to challenge oppressive, corrupt and unjust systems...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833058331Author Brian Michael JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876097663Author Jamille BigioFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Council on Foreign Relations PressPublisher Council on Foreign Relations...

CBRN and HAZMAT Incidents at Major Public Events Provides methods for planning and responding to any potential hazard at major public events, newly expanded and updated CBRN and HAZMAT Incidents at Major Public Events explains how to prepare for and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935866718Author Anne SpeckhardFormat HardbackImprint Advances PressPublisher Advances PressWeight(grams) 699g

After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a stunned public asked: How could this happen? Why did the attackers do what they did? What did they hope to accomplish? This wasn't the first battle in a...

After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a stunned public asked: How could this happen? Why did the attackers do what they did? What did they hope to accomplish? This wasn't the first battle in a...

Examining major terrorist acts and campaigns undertaken in the decade following September 11, 2001, internationally recognized scholars study the involvement of global terrorist leaders and organizations in these incidents and the planning, organization,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307473264Author Commission on Prevention/WMDsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 177g

In late 2002, over 1500 audiotapes were discovered in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a house once occupied by Osama bin Laden. The Audacious Ascetic is the first book to explore this extraordinary archive. It details how Islamic cultural, legal, theological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583226445Author Lakshmi ChaudhryFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 206g

The aim of this book is to provide readers with the tools to understand the historical evolution of terrorism and counterterrorism over the past 150 years. In order to appreciate the contemporary challenges posed by terrorism it is necessary to look at...

The key feature of the text is its concise, scholarly depth, and accessible format, which enable readers to gain a clear understanding of the theory that they may use in future research. Current texts on the market include redundant, lengthy...

With all new and expanded chapters, the third edition provides an in-depth look at how terrorists exploit mass media to get attention, spread fear and anxiety among the targets of this sort of violence, and threaten further attacks. The traditional news...

Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century helps readers understand terrorism, responses to it, and current trends that affect the future of this phenomenon. Putting terrorism into historical perspective and analysing it as a form of political violence, this...

On 20th November 1979, the Salafi Group, led by a charismatic figure named Juhaiman al-Utaibi, seized control of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in the Muslim World. The Salafi Group was not trying to establish an Islamic state. Instead, its...

This insightful, on-the-ground narrative looks at how radical Islam is affecting our society and how our own response is endangering the very democratic values we have hoped to spread around the world-and preserve at home. In Radical State: How Jihad Is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833039149Author Brian A. JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 154mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979223648Author J Michael WallerFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Institute of World Politics PressPublisher Institute of World Politics...

The horrific and devastating events of September 11, 2001 changed the world's perception of Al Qaeda. What had been considered a small band of revolutionary terrorists capable only of attacking Western targets in the Middle East and Africa suddenly...