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Author: Jessica Stern
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780674003941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs bad as they are, why aren't terrorists worse? With biological, chemical and nuclear weapons at hand, they easily could be. Jessica Stern argues that the nuclear threat of the Cold War has been replaced by the more imminent threat of terrorist attacks with weapons of mass destruction.
Author: Graham Allison
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2004-08-09
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780805076516
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"But Allison does more than weave a tale of doom, because his second proposition is that nuclear terrorism is preventable. He outlines an ambitious but feasible strategy by which we can essentially eliminate the danger of nuclear terrorism."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Brian Michael Jenkins
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2009-12-02
Total Pages: 463
ISBN-13: 1615920366
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor more than 30 years Jenkins has been advising the military, government, and prestigious think tanks on the dangers of nuclear proliferation. Now he goes beyond what the experts know to examine how terrorists themselves think about such weapons.
Author: Graham Allison
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2004-08-09
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1429945516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA leading strategist opens our eyes to the greatest terrorist threat of all-and how to prevent it before it's too late Americans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of terrorism: hijackings, biological attacks, chemical weapons. But rarely do we allow ourselves to face squarely the deadliest form of terrorism, because it is almost too scary to think about-a terrorist group exploding a nuclear device in an American city. In this urgent call to action, Graham Allison, one of America's leading experts on nuclear weapons and national security, presents the evidence for two provocative, compelling conclusions. First, if policy makers in Washington keep doing what they are currently doing about the threat, a nuclear terrorist attack on America is likely to occur in the next decade. And if one lengthens the time frame, a nuclear strike is inevitable. Second, the surprising and largely unrecognized good news is that nuclear terrorism is, in fact, preventable. In these pages, Allison offers an ambitious but feasible blueprint for eliminating the possibility of nuclear terrorist attacks. The United States once relied on the threat of mutually assured destruction to deter the Soviet Union from launching a nuclear strike. But in today's fragmented world, a new strategy is needed, especially with nuclear material vulnerable to theft or sale through black-market channels. The choice is ours: to grab this beast by the horns or to be impaled on those horns. We do not have the luxury of hoping the problem will go away, and Allison shows why.
Author: Steven Best
Publisher: Lantern Books
Published: 2004-06
Total Pages: 623
ISBN-13: 1590563387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForeword by Ward Churchill; cover design by Sue Coe The first anthology of writings on the history, ethics, politics and tactics of the Animal Liberation Front, Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? features both academic and activist perspectives and offers powerful insights into this international organization and its position within the animal rights movement. Calling on sources as venerable as Thomas Aquinas and as current as the Patriot Act--and, in some cases, personal experience--the contributors explore the history of civil disobedience and sabotage, and examine the philosophical and cultural meanings of words like "terrorism," "democracy" and "freedom," in a book that ultimately challenges the values and assumptions that pervade our culture. Contributors include Robin Webb, Rod Coronado, Ingrid Newkirk, Paul Watson, Karen Davis, Bruce Friedrich, pattrice jones and others.
Author: Richard Jackson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-04-12
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0230359809
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis innovative text provides a much-needed critical introduction to terrorism. Cutting-edge research on contemporary issues is combined with new insights into long-debated issues such as the definition of terrorism, the nature of the terrorist threat and counter-terrorism strategies. Showing that the methods we adopt as well as the material we study are vital for a clear understanding of the subject, this text goes beyond traditional IR approaches to rethink popular beliefs and assumptions about terrorism. Taking a genuinely global and integrated approach, this book is an ideal entry into the study of terrorism. In the years since 9/11, terrorism has been transformed into an issue of global significance. Terrorism and the war on terror has affected virtually every aspect of modern life, and a precise understanding of terrorism is now more important - and contentious - than ever. This text examines the origins, perceptions of, and responses to, terrorism and counter-terrorism in the contemporary world. It takes into account recent developments on the world stage as well as within - and in response to - critical terrorism studies. This text is the ultimate companion for students studying terrorism as part of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree. It guides students step-by-step to have a deeper understanding of terrorism and a more nuanced approach to their studies. New to this Edition: - Fully revised second edition of a leading text on an increasingly popular topic - New sections on 'the war on terror' - New discussion questions, further reading and web links
Author: Petra Bartosiewicz
Publisher:
Published: 2020-12-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0786744537
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the aftermath of 9/11, the intense political pressure to keep up the appearance of success in the War on Terror led to a pattern of dubious and expensive prosecutions by the Department of Justice. The case of Hemant Lakhani, an Indian-born, British businessman, is a particularly chilling example. Hailed in 2005 as one of the most significant arrests in the war on terror, Lakhani was convicted of attempting to provide material support to terrorists after being caught red-handed with a Russian-made missile he believed he was selling to a Somali terrorist group. But Lakhani, it turned out, was no great catch. Less a seasoned weapons merchant than a bumbling businessman, he had been lured into an elaborate sting operation entirely of the government’s invention. Lakhani’s story, along with many others like this, form the backbone of The Best Terrorists We Could Find, the first comprehensive and fully reported look at ten years of terrorism-related cases in the federal court system: the alleged terrorists that have been caught, the plots that have been foiled; the perverting effect these investigations and prosecutions have had on the US criminal justice system; and the human cost this domestic War on Terror has imposed on innocent Americans. Bartosiewicz shows how the policy of pre-emptive justice has been dangerously translated into cases relying heavily on paid criminal informants with money-making agendas, on sting operations where the government’s behavior veers suspiciously towards entrapment, and on the questionable crutch of the “material support to terrorists” statute (the government’s legal front of choice in domestic terrorism cases), which has been used ad absurdum to artificially pump up conviction rates. In the tradition of John Grisham’s The Innocent Man and Jane Mayer’s The Dark Side, The Best Terrorists We Could Find is a powerful work of investigative narrative non-fiction that reveals a Potemkin war of bogus investigations; politically compromised expert witnesses; the rise of a new star chamber in the federal courts; and rampant racial profiling against Muslims. The result is a string of shameful convictions of individuals who are not terrorists and a serious hobbling of the government’s response to real threats.
Author: Mia Bloom
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2012-08-13
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0812208102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBetween 1985 and 2008, female suicide bombers committed more than 230 attacks—about a quarter of all such acts. Women have become the ideal stealth weapon for terrorist groups. They are less likely to be suspected or searched and as a result have been used to strike at the heart of coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. This alarming tactic has been highly effective, garnering extra media attention and helping to recruit more numbers to the terrorists' cause. Yet, as Mia Bloom explains in Bombshell: Women and Terrorism, female involvement in terrorism is not confined to suicide bombing and not limited to the Middle East. From Northern Ireland to Sri Lanka, women have been engaged in all manner of terrorist activities, from generating propaganda to blowing up targets. What drives women to participate in terrorist activities? Bloom—a scholar of both international studies and women's studies—blends scrupulous research with psychological insight to unearth affecting stories from women who were formerly terrorists. She moves beyond gender stereotypes to examine the conditions that really influence female violence, arguing that while women terrorists can be just as bloodthirsty as their male counterparts, their motivations tend to be more intricate and multilayered. Through compelling case studies she demonstrates that though some of these women volunteer as martyrs, many more have been coerced by physical threats or other means of social control. As evidenced by the March 2011 release of Al Qaeda's magazine Al Shamikha, dubbed the jihadi Cosmo, it is clear that women are the future of even the most conservative terrorist organizations. Bombshell is a groundbreaking book that reveals the inner workings of a shocking, unfamiliar world.
Author: Jan Schreiber
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 1978-01-01
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780688032777
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Walter Laqueur
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2018-07-03
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1250142512
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Since the death of bin Laden in 2011, ISIS has risen, al-Qaeda has expanded its reach, and right-wing extremists have surged in the United States for the same simple reason: terrorism works. It's not caused by psychosis or irrationality, as the media often suggests. Instead, it is terrifyingly logical. Violent acts produce political results. This has been an uncomfortable truth throughout human history, from the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, through the terror campaigns by Irish and Indian nationalists, and on to the Nazis and Italian Fascists. Battling terrorism today require confronting the truth. Walter Laqueur and Christopher Wall do so in this crucial, timely book. To explain why terror is on the rise again, the authors show how the American invasion of Iraq created the conditions for the emergence of al-Qaeda there, part of which metastasized into ISIS, while Russia's increasing intervention in Syria allowed both of those organizations to evolve. And within the United States, the violence of the alt-right has emboldened its supporters. The Future of Terrorism brings reason to a topic usually ruled by fear. Laqueur and Wall show the structural features behind contemporary terrorism: how bad governance abets terror; the link between poverty and terrorism; why religious terrorism is more dangerous than secular; and the nature of supposed "lone wolf" terrorists. Fear alone provides no tools to combat the future of terrorism. This book does"--Dust jacket flap.
