Terrorism

*Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2017* In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a war zone where foreign journalists find it almost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578812816Author Howard Gambrill ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Narrative Strategies InkPublisher Narrative Strategies InkWeight(grams)...

Numerous democratic nations have been singled out by NGOs for brutality in their modus operandi, for paying inadequate attention to civilian protection or for torture of prisoners. This book deals with the difficulties faced when conducting asymmetric...

While much has been said about the global war on terror, the concept remains cunningly elusive and yet undeniably pervasive. This collection of essays is an effort to discover the Canadian "self" through exploration of the terrorist "other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471788348Author Daniel L. BymanFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999155943Author Robert R RiggsFormat HardbackPage Count 394Imprint Global Harmony Press Inc.Publisher Global Harmony Press Inc.Weight(grams)...

Political assassinations and terrorism have both outraged and fascinated the public throughout American history, particularly in the modern era. Providing biographical summaries of more than 100 assassins and terrorists, this book aims at a more complete...

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...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692455548Author MS Elizabeth FlorescuFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Lone Wolf Terrorism ProspectsPublisher Lone Wolf Terrorism...

This important book examines why terrorism prevails in the otherwise stable and advanced democracies of Western Europe and why some countries have been more severely hit than others.Whilst Western Europe today seems relatively peaceful, some countries in...

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Emphasising a positive approach to dealing with terrorism (the carrot), this book provides a critique of deterrence policy (the stick) which can be ineffective and even counterproductive, and proposes three alternative and effective anti-terrorist...

This rigorously analytical yet readable book examines trends in new terror - understood here to be the capacity of sub-state actors to secure religious or politically motivated objectives by violent means. The contributors argue that whilst the use of...

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The use of biological warfare (BW) agents by states or terrorists is one of the world's most frightening security threats but, thus far, little attention has been devoted to understanding how to improve policies and procedures to identify and attribute...

This book is an attempt to clarify the often murky connections between terrorism, terrorists, and terror. It is designed for the general educated audience interested in recent events, the history leading up to them, and the prospects for dealing with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981971223Author Joshua D GoodmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesPublisher Foundation for Defense of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692423073Author Richard Simons Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Boko Haram & the Agenda of a Failed Nigeria StatePublisher Boko Haram & the...

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Shocking acts of terrorism have erupted from violent American far-right extremists in recent years, including the 2015 mass murder at a historic Black church in Charleston and the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. These incidents, however, are...

Since September 2001, the United States has waged what the government initially called the "global war on terrorism (GWOT)." Beginning in late 2005 and early 2006, the term Long War began to appear in U.S. security documents such as the National Security...

Although a report by the congressionally mandated Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism concluded that biological or nuclear weapons were very likely to be unleashed in the years soon after 2001, what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990655121Author John ScherberFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint San Miguel Allende BooksPublisher San Miguel Allende BooksWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981971216Author Laura GrossmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesPublisher Foundation for Defense of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805081336Author Senior Fellow & Director Cuse Daniel BenjaminFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams)...

Facing the threats posed by dedicated suicide bombers who have access to modern technology for mass destruction and who intend to cause maximum human suffering and casualties, democratic governments have hard choices to make. The premise of this book is...

In Future Jihad, terrorism and Middle East expert Walid Phares gave a definitive account of the historical and cultural forces that led to September 11 and the rise of radical Islam. In The War of Ideas, he revealed the conflict of ideologies that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982294710Author Frank J Gaffney JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Center for Security PolicyPublisher Center for Security PolicyWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312429638Author Dr Gretchen PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm)...

Petho-Kiss and Gunaratna understand the nature of the threat posed by the far right because of their findings and they propose effective provisions and mechanisms for detecting and countering it.The book undertakes a consistent procession and empirical...

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...

This detailed analysis follows the rise and evolution of Hezbollah from an Islamic resistance movement to its role as a governing force in Lebanon, exploring the group's impact on the security and power dynamics in the Middle East. This is the first...

Terrorism and radicalisation are increasingly dominating sociological, political and cultural concerns. This book explores how the problems causing violent extremism are local, and therefore, so are the solutions. The concept of countering violent...