Understanding terrorism
Subtitle: challenges, perspectives, and issues
By: Gus Martin.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: Terrorism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and rationale; title: Terrorism : first impressions; title: The nature of the beast : defining terrorism; title: Beginnings : the causes of terrorism; title: Terror from above : state terrorism; title: Terror from below : dissident terrorism; title: Violence in the name of the faith : religious terrorism; title: Violent ideologies : terrorism from the left and right; title: Terrorist spillovers : international terrorism; title: Emerging terrorist environments : gender-selective terrorism and criminal dissident terrorism; title: Tools of the trade : tactics and targets of terrorists; title: The information battleground : terrorist violence and the role of the media; title: The American case : terrorism in the United States; title: Responding to terror : the options; title: What next? : the future of terrorism.