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Designed to assist law enforcement professionals with ways to recognize and deal with potential targets of terrorism, both domestic and international.

"In Modernity and Terrorism: From Anti-Modernity to Modern Global Terror Milan Zafirovski and Daniel G. Rodeheaver analyze the nature, types, and causes of contemporary global terrorism. The book redefines modern terrorism in a novel more comprehensive manner compared to the previous literature. It examines counter-state and state terrorism, with an emphasis on the latter in light of its scale, persistence, and intensity as well as its relative neglect...

In 1881, a small group of Russian revolutionaries calling themselves "terrorists" assassinated Tsar Nicholas II in a spectacular bombing attack in St. Petersburg. Far from being psychopathic murderers--as they were depicted in the Russian press--these men and women viewed their actions as a just, even humanitarian response to tyranny. Today, political violence has become the scourge of our world, and terrorism is routinely described as a uniquely...

This book charts a path through the outpouring of efforts to understand and explain modern terrorism, by asking what makes terrorism different from other forms of political, military action; what makes it effective; and what can be done about it. It unravels complex central questions such as whether terrorists are criminals, whether terrorism is a kind of war, what kind of threat terrorism represents, how far media publicity sustains terrorism, and...

Historical, in-depth accounts of specific events and people arranged as five 'books": Book One: Carlos (an account of Carlos "the Jackal"); Book Two: Genesis (an account of the Arab/Israeli Conflict); Book Three: The People's War of Ulrike Meinhoff (an account of the founder of the Red Army Faction Group); Book Four: A Terrible Beauty (an account of the Irish Republican Army or IRA); Book Five: Apocalypse (an account of the religious and economic...

With the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, America has vastly changed its methods of defense of its borders. This program, from Defending America, examines how U.S. Customs workers are trained, what weapons they use, and how they responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Now on the forefront of homeland security, this agency is prepared to thwart future attacks.

In this book, the author offers an approach to understanding and fighting the increase in domestic and international terrorism throughout the world. Citing diverse examples from around the globe, he demonstrates that domestic terrorist groups are usually no match for an advanced technological society which can successfully roll back terror without any significant curtailment of civil liberties. But he sees an even more potent threat from the new international...

The exclusive story of Britain's most high profile ISIS returnee, Tareena Shakil. A victim of domestic abuse and looking for a way out for herself and her son, Tareena was groomed and recruited by ISIS. She eventually travelled to Syria, but soon realised she'd made a terrible mistake. When Tareena returned to England, she was arrested and condemned by the press. Now free from prison, Tareena wants to join the fight against ISIS. With exclusive access...

It's been over a year since his wife's death, but Jack Bauer and his daughter are still reeling from the tragedy. The two are estranged and Jack no longer works for CTU. An urgent phone call from the President plunges Jack back into another 24-hour nightmare as he races against time to prevent the detonation of a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.

Globalization and terrorism are both fraught concepts; people use them loosely without regard for exactitude and often to further political ends. This book carefully defines these concepts, puts them in historical as well as political context, and then amplifies the basics with an exploration of the way in which the dreams inspired by globalization can translate all too easily into the nightmare of terrorism.