Profiles in terror
Subtitle: the guide to Middle East terrorist organizations
By: Aaron Mannes.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Terrorists -- Middle East; National liberation movements -- Middle East
Description: "This reference profiles twenty terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East and the regional groups that are affiliated with them, from Al-Qaeda, Abu Nidal, Hamas, and Hizbullah to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Palestine Liberation Organization, along with more than a dozen affiliated organizations." "Each profile includes detailed descriptions of the group's ideology and objectives, historical background, leadership, organization, external relations and financial support, areas of operations, targets and tactics, chronology of major events and attacks, and additional resources and references. Serving both the novice and the expert, Profiles in Terror is both clear and easy to understand, yet detailed and informative."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: "A JINSA Book"--Jacket.

"Published in cooperation with JINSA Press."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-340) and index.
Table of contents: title: Abbreviation key; title: Foreword / Honorable R. James Woolsey; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Al-Qaeda & its affiliates : Algerian affiliates ; Al-Qaeda ; Asian affiliates and operations ; Egyptian affiliates; title: Abu Nidal Organization; title: Hamas; title: Hizbullah; title: Kurdistan Workers' party; title: Palestinian Islamic Jihad; title: Palestine Liberation Organization & its affiliates : Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine ; Fatah ; Force ; Palestine Liberation Front ; Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian National Authority ; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command; title: Selected bibliography; title: Index; title: About the author.