Terrorism and counterterrorism : understanding the new security environment : readings & interpretations
2009
Book
Total copies: 7
¿́¿The authors of this detailed study on terrorism and counter-terrorism have collected and organised new and reprinted articles and essays by political scientists, government officials, and members of the nation¿́¿s armed forces. The book analyses the philosophical, political, and religious roots of terrorist activities around the world and discusses the national, regional, and global effects of historical and recent acts of terrorism. It also deals with past, present, and future national and international responses to ¿́¿ and defences against ¿́¿ terrorism.¿́¿ -- SAF Professional Reading Programme, 4th Edition ¿́¿ STAGE IV: LTC 2 and above.
Main title:
Terrorism and counterterrorism : understanding the new security environment : readings & interpretations / [edited by] Russell D. Howard, Reid L. Sawyer, Natasha E. Bajema ; foreword by Barry R. McCaffrey.
Edition:
3nd ed.
Imprint:
New York : McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., c2009.
Collation:
xx, 674 p. ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Unit I. Defining the threat: Defining terrorism: means ends, and motives -- Understanding the facilitators of modern terrorism -- The new terrorism -- Religion and the intersection with terrorism -- Modern methods and modes of attack -- Unit II. Countering the terrorist threat: Terrorism and the media -- The challenges of terrorism to a free society -- Strategies and approaches for combating terrorism -- Leveraging the role of the private sector -- Winning the war on terrorism.
ISBN:
0073379794 (pbk)9780073379791 (pbk)
LC class:
HV6432HV6432 HOW
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
19230