Title:
Global terrorism
Author:
Lutz, Brenda J., 1957-
ISBN:
9781412936033
Publication Information:
Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2008.
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series:
SAGE library of international relations
Series Title:
SAGE library of international relations
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
VOLUME 1 -- PART ONE: DEFINITIONS AND CAUSES -- The Response Problem as a Definition Problem -- Terrorism-at-a-Distance: The Imagery that Serves US Power -- The Causes of Terrorism -- Terror, Terrorism, Terrorists -- Behind the Curve: Globalization and International Terrorism -- Market Civilization and Its Clash with Terror -- Failed States after 9/11: What Did We Know and What Have We Learned? -- The Evolving Dynamic of Terrorism in the 1990s -- Strategic Terrorism: The Framework and its Fallacies -- PART TWO: TACTICS AND TARGETS -- Terror as a Weapon of Political Agitation -- The Terrorist Calculus behind 9-11: A Model for Future Terrorism -- A Historical Analysis of Mass Casualty Bombers -- Is Transnational Terrorism Becoming More Threatening? A Time-Series Investigation -- Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction: How Serious is the Threat? -- Lessons from the Case Studies -- Does Democracy Promote or Reduce Transnational Terrorist Incidents -- Terrorism and Democracy: What Recent Events Disclose -- The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.
VOLUME 2 -- PART THREE: RELIGIOUS TERRORISM -- Fear and Trembling: Terrorism in Three Religious Traditions -- The Worldwide Rise of Religious Nationalism -- Socio-Political Context of Sikh Militancy in India -- Europe's Angry Muslims -- Tentacles of Terror: Al Qaeda's Southeast Asian Network -- Multi-Track Microproliferation: Lessons from Aum Shinrikyo and Al Qaeda -- Religion and Violence in Japan Today: A Chronological and Doctrinal Analysis of Aum Shinrikyo -- The Strategic Use of Fear by the Lord's Resistance Army -- PART FOUR: ETHNIC/NATIONALIST TERRORISM -- The Logic of Ethnic Terrorism -- Symbolism and Sacrifice in Terrorism -- Why Do They Kill?: The Basque Conflict in Spain -- On The Razor's Edge: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam -- Terrorism and Africa -- Armed Muslim Separatist Rebellion in Southeast Asia: Persistence, Prospects, and Implications -- Palestinian Suicide Bombing: Public Support, Market Share, and Outbidding -- Has the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Become Islamic? Fatah, Islam and the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades -- PART FIVE: IDEOLOGICAL TERRORISM -- The Role of Ideology in Terrorists' Target Selection -- Political and Economic Terror in the Tactics of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party before 1914 -- Violence as Propaganda: The Role of the Storm Troopers in the Rise of National Socialism.
VOLUME 3 -- PART FIVE: IDEOLOGICAL TERRORISM (CONTINUED) -- Camouflage and Conspiracy: The Militia Movement from Ruby Ridge to Y2K -- Beyond Arson? A Threat Assessment of the Earth Liberation Front -- Italian Terrorism and Society, 1940-1980s: Roots, Ideologies, Evolution, and International Connections -- PART SIX: TERRORIST GROUPS AND CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS -- Narcotics, Terrorism, and International Crime: The Convergence Phenomenon -- Non-State Actors in Colombia: Threats to the State and to the Hemisphere -- Violent Opportunities: The Rise and Fall of 'King Coca' and Shining Path -- Terrorists and Organized Crime Entrepreneurs in the 'Triple Frontier' Among Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay -- Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime: Tracing the Crime-Terror Nexus in Southeast Asia -- PART SEVEN: STATE INVOLVEMENT AS AN EXTERNAL SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS GROUPS -- Foreign Policy Crises and the Resort to Terrorism: A Time-Series Analysis of Conflict Linkages -- The ISI Reaches East: Anatomy of a Conspiracy -- Kashmir, Pakistan and the War by Terror -- Diaspora Involvement in Insurgencies: Insights from the Khalistan and Tamil Eelam Movements -- PART EIGHT: STATE INVOLVEMENT IN OR TOLERATION OF THE USE OF TERROR AGAINST THEIR OWN CITIZENS -- State Terrorism? Applying a Definitional Model -- Making Sense of Ethnic Cleansing -- A Study in Nativism: The American Red Scare of 1919-20 -- The Politics of Disruption: War Veterans and the Local State in Zimbabwe -- Locations of Violence: Political Rationality and Death Squads in Apartheid South Africa -- On Bosnia's Borders and Ethnic Cleansing: Internal and External Factors -- The Rwandan Path to Genocide: The Genesis of the Capacity of the Rwandan Post-Colonial State or Organise and Unleash a Project of Extermination.
VOLUME 4 -- PART NINE: COUNTERMEASURES -- Rethinking Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism since 9/11 -- The Roots of Terrorism: Probing the Myths -- Retaliating against Terrorism: Rational Expectations and the Optimality of Rules versus Discretion -- Should Our Arsenal Against Terrorism Include Assassination? -- It's War! Fighting Post-11 September Global Terrorism Through a Doctrine of Pre-emption -- Do Targeted Killings Work? -- When Kindness Fails: Assassination as a National Security Option -- Hunters and Gatherers: The Intelligence Coalition against Islamic Terror -- Financing of Terrorism Sources, Methods, and Channels -- The Response to Terrorism as a Threat to Liberal Democracy -- National Security versus Civil Liberties -- September 11, Anti-Terror Laws and Civil Liberties: Britain, France and Germany Compared -- The United Nations and Terrorism: Rethinking Legal Tensions between National Security, Human Rights, and Civil Liberties -- PART TEN: THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM -- Global Terrorism: Problems of Challenge and Response -- The Strategies of Terrorism -- The Mafia and al-Qaeda: Violent and Secretive Organizations in Comparative and Historical Perspective -- A Hard Day's Night? The United States and the Global War on Terrorism -- Is the US Winning or Losing the Global War on Terror and How Do We Know? -- Same War, Different Views: Germany, Japan and Counterterrorism -- Addressing International Terrorism in Southeast Asia: A Matter of Strategic or Functional Approach.
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