The world's most threatening terrorist networks and criminal gangs
By: edited by Michael T. Kindt, Jerrold M. Post, and Barry R. Schneider.
Contributors: Kindt, Michael T.; Post, Jerrold M.; Schneider, Barry R.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave-Macmillan; Springer; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780230618091
Subjects: Terrorism; Terrorists
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Suicide terrorism : are there important counterterrorist lessons to be learned? / James E. Winkates; title: Al Qaeda's modus operandi : anticipating their target selection / Barry R. Schneider; title: Political Islam and radical Islam : the cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh / Stephen F. Burgess; title: "like glitter of the Sun" : Iran and terrorism / Gregory F. Giles; title: Terrorist use of WMD / James J.F. Forest; title: Specific non-state actor groups; title: Hezbollah : a state within a state / Michael T. Kindt; title: Hamas : the Islamic resistance movement / Jerrold M. Post; title: Al qaeda 2.0 and the global salafi jihad / Jerrold M. Post; title: Jemaah Islamiyah remains active and deadly / James C. "Chris" Whitmire; title: The Mexican drug cartels : at war for control of the U.S.-Mexico border / Dario E. Teicher; title: Revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (FARC) / Jerrold M. Post; title: Mara Salvatrucha : a threat to U.S. and Central American security / Tina S. Strickland.