What separates constructive religious impulses from destructive ones? How does someone who begins by contemplating his relationship with God end by committing an act of murder? Beyond analysing the nature of religious militancy, the author offers sensible recommendations for addressing what is to date the 21st century's most serious challenge.
Provides readers with uncovered information on terrorist activities in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, other Muslim countries - and our neighbour Canada! What emerges is a harrowing picture of international terrorist activities, all aimed at the destruction of the United States and the collapse of the Western world.
Aims to expose Islamist ideology for what it really is. This book includes topics such as radical Islam's "amputation-friendly criminal justice system", the reason why slavery is still considered a "holy institution" by fundamentalist Muslims, "the important distinction between a raving mad radical and a barking mad one", and others.
Car bombing, suicide bombing, abduction, smuggling, homicide, and hijacking are all profoundly criminal acts. This work presents an understanding of terrorism from a criminological point of view, arguing that the most successful way to understand, detect, prosecute and deter these acts is to use conventional criminal investigation methods.
Car bombing, suicide bombing, abduction, smuggling, homicide, and hijacking are all profoundly criminal acts. This work presents an understanding of terrorism from a criminological point of view, arguing that the most successful way to understand, detect, prosecute and deter these acts is to use conventional criminal investigation methods.
Emphasises radical activities in the United States and the threat they might pose to national security. Divided into three sections, this work reviews the lessons learned from previous terrorist plots and attacks both within our borders and against American interests abroad.
Who would strap a bomb to his chest, walk into a crowded subway station and blow himself up? This book examines several case studies of various terrorist groups, including: the Provisional Irish Republican Army, Hamas, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and racist Skinheads. It explains how it informs the identity of group members socially.
Explains how violent and extremist collective behaviour emerges culturally, how it informs the identity of group members socially, and how participants assume their place in these groups completely even at the expense of life-threatening harm to others or to themselves
Since 9/11, images of fanatical jihadists have become the international symbol of terrorism. In the wake of the attacks, journalists and academics alike have taken up the task of trying to make sense of these seemingly alien terrorist organizations. Many of these sources have perpetuated the idea that terrorists are unknowable or irrational. What is often missed is the degree to which terrorists have motivations that can be grasped and understood. In his new text, Dekmejian places terrorism within a spectrum of political violence, creating a typology of terror based on scale and intent as well as by type of actor-from isolated attacks by individual bombers, to large scale attacks against state targets by organized networks, to state-sponsored genocide and politicide-thus facilitating comparisons across multiple cases. As well, the book's model of conflict is informed by game theory, enriched with understandings of psychological, cultural, and historical contexts, helping students focus on the strategies and desired outcomes of different parties to conflict. This analytic approach enables students to trace the changes in mutual perceptions and preferences between terrorists and their targets and leads to a fuller understanding of the causes and dynamics of political violence. The book's uniquely comprehensive coverage of terrorism includes extended cases on the IRA, the Tamil Tigers, Chechen rebels, Al Qaeda, Aum Shinrikyo, Hizbullah, and Hamas. Each case looks at the historical origins, political factors, leadership, and organization of the group to give context. Discussions of typical tactics, patterns of violence, the role of external actors, and outcomes help readers to explore possible solutions that might stop the cycle of violence and promote peaceful coexistence among the antagonists. Appendix materials include glossaries of terrorist groups and technical terms.
