Understanding terrorism : challenges, perspectives, and issues / Gus Martin, California State University, Dominguez Hills.

By:

Martin, Gus [author.]

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781506385815 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

Terrorism

DDC classification:

363.325 M36 2018 23

LOC classification:

HV6431 .M367 2018

Contents:

About the author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and rationale -- Terrorism: a conceptual review -- Terrorism : first impressions -- The nature of the beast : defining terrorism -- Beginnings : the causes of terrorism -- The terrorists -- Terror from above : terrorism by the state -- Terror from below : terrorism by dissidents -- Violence in the name of the faith: religious terrorism -- Violent ideologies : terrorism from the left and right -- Terrorist spillovers : international terrorism -- Emerging terrorist environments : gender-selective political -- Violence and criminal dissident terrorism -- The terrorist trade and counterterrorism -- Tools of the trade : tactics and targets of terrorists -- The information battleground : terrorist violence and the role of the media -- The American case : terrorism in the UnIted States -- Securing the homeland -- Counterterrorism : the options -- A new era : homeland security -- What next? : the future of terrorism -- Appendix A: map references -- Appendix B: prominent persons and organizations -- Glossary of terms -- Notes -- Index.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	College Library General Circulation Section	GC	GC 363.325 M36 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	HNU000269

Revised edition of the author's Understanding terrorism, [2016]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the author --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction and rationale --
Terrorism: a conceptual review --
Terrorism : first impressions --
The nature of the beast : defining terrorism --
Beginnings : the causes of terrorism --
The terrorists --
Terror from above : terrorism by the state --
Terror from below : terrorism by dissidents --
Violence in the name of the faith: religious terrorism --
Violent ideologies : terrorism from the left and right --
Terrorist spillovers : international terrorism --
Emerging terrorist environments : gender-selective political --
Violence and criminal dissident terrorism --
The terrorist trade and counterterrorism --
Tools of the trade : tactics and targets of terrorists --
The information battleground : terrorist violence and the role of the media --
The American case : terrorism in the UnIted States --
Securing the homeland --
Counterterrorism : the options --
A new era : homeland security --
What next? : the future of terrorism --
Appendix A: map references --
Appendix B: prominent persons and organizations --
Glossary of terms --
Notes --
Index.

CAS Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

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