Understanding Terrorism Groups, Strategies, and Responses

by Poland, James M.

• ISBN13: 9780132457767
• ISBN10: 0132457768
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-03
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

UNDERSTANDING TERRORISM: GROUPS, STRATEGIES, AND RESPONSES, 3/eis fully updated and brings together todayrs"s most crucial lessons and discoveries for analyzing terrorism and terrorist strategies, and defining effective countermeasures. It brings together both theory and practice, helping students realistically assess threats; understand terrorist acts and their impact; and examine police and governmental responses. This Third Edition reflects todayrs"s latest trends, including an escalation of suicide bombings, increased terrorist sophistication, the decline in state-sponsored terrorism, terrorist resistance in Iraq, and the evolution of antiterrorism legislation. It also presents new coverage of hardening targets, anti-terrorism technology, and international cooperation.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Concepts of Terror and Terrorism	p. 1
Chapter Objectives	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Definitional Problems and Terrorism	p. 2
Morality of Terrorism	p. 4
Definitions of Terrorism	p. 8
Terrorist Typologies	p. 10
Terrorist Atrocities	p. 14
Purpose of Terrorism	p. 15
Conclusions	p. 16
Key Terms	p. 17
Discussion Questions	p. 17
Web Sites	p. 18
Endnotes	p. 18
Historical Antecedents of Terrorism and Violence	p. 21
Chapter Objectives	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
Sicarii and Zealots: Religious Roots of Terrorism	p. 22
The Assassins and Other Secret Societies	p. 23
Narodnaya Volya	p. 27
The Anarchist Tradition	p. 29
Terrorism in the United States	p. 31
Puerto Rican Independence	p. 31
The Jewish Defense League	p. 34
The Ideological Left	p. 35
The Ideological Right	p. 38
Single-Issue Terrorist	p. 41
Conclusions	p. 43
Key Terms	p. 43
Discussion Questions	p. 44
Web Sites	p. 44
Endnotes	p. 44
Violence and Terrorism: The Role of the Mass Media	p. 48
Chapter Objectives	p. 48
Introduction	p. 48
Contagion Theory, or the Copycat Syndrome	p. 49
Propaganda Value and the "Deed"	p. 53
United States	p. 59
Internet and Terrorism	p. 63
Censorship and Terrorism	p. 65
Conclusions	p. 68
Key Terms	p. 69
Discussion Questions	p. 69
Web Sites	p. 70
Endnotes	p. 70
The Palestine Question and Al Qaeda	p. 73
Chapter Objectives	p. 73
Introduction	p. 73
Palestine Resistance Movement	p. 74
Historical Antecedents	p. 74
Palestine Liberation Organization	p. 77
Palestinian Extremism and the 1973 Yom Kippur War	p. 78
Rejectionist Front: Historical Preview	p. 80
Invasion of Lebanon	p. 81
Hizballah	p. 81
Palestinian Authority	p. 88
Hamas and Islamic Jihad	p. 88
Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades	p. 93
Al Qaeda	p. 94
Conclusions	p. 103
Key Terms	p. 103
Discussion Questions	p. 104
Web Sites	p. 104
Endnotes	p. 104
Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations: The "A List"	p. 108
Chapter Objectives	p. 108
Introduction	p. 108
Palestinian Groups	p. 113
The Philippines and Southeast Asia	p. 116
Algerian Groups	p. 119
Religious Cults	p. 120
European Groups	p. 122
Colombia	p. 126
Peru	p. 128
Central Asia	p. 129
Iran	p. 132
Conclusions	p. 133
Key Terms	p. 134
Writing Assignment	p. 134
Web Sites	p. 135
Endnotes	p. 135
The Dynamics of Hostage Taking and Negotiation	p. 141
Chapter Objectives	p. 141
Introduction	p. 141
Early History of Hostage Taking	p. 142
Typologies of Hostage Takers	p. 143
Time, Trust, and the Stockholm Syndrome	p. 145
London Syndrome	p. 148
Guidelines for Hostage Events	p. 149
U.S. Experience: Hostage Rescue	p. 153
The Good Guys Hostage Incident	p. 156
Other Rescue Attempts	p. 160
Surviving a Hostage Situation	p. 164
Conclusions	p. 166
Key Terms	p. 167
Discussion Questions	p. 167
Web Sites	p. 167
Endnotes	p. 168
Contemporary Terrorism and Bombing	p. 171
Chapter Objectives	p. 171
Introduction	p. 171
Historical Perspective	p. 172
Effects of an Explosion	p. 176
Velocity and Explosives	p. 179
Vehicle Bombs	p. 181
Letter Bombs	p. 185
Bombings Aboard Aircraft	p. 188
Conclusions	p. 191
Key Terms	p. 191
Discussion Questions	p. 192
Web Sites	p. 192
Endnotes	p. 192
Suicide Bombers: A Global Problem	p. 195
Chapter Objectives	p. 195
Introduction	p. 195
Defining the Problem	p. 199
Suicide Bombers in the Middle East	p. 200
The Iraqi Insurgency	p. 203
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)	p. 205
Sikh Terrorism	p. 206
Kashmiri Suicide Bombers	p. 206
Kurdish Suicide Bombers: The PKK/Kadek, Kongra-Gel	p. 207
Al Qaeda	p. 208
Chechen Suicide Bombers	p. 209
Other Suicidal Terrorist Groups	p. 209
Summary	p. 210
Security and Suicide Bombing	p. 212
Conclusions	p. 214
Key Terms	p. 214
Discussion Questions	p. 214
Web Sites	p. 215
Endnotes	p. 215
Counterterrorist Measures: The Response	p. 219
Chapter Objectives	p. 219
Introduction	p. 219
Security Measures	p. 220
Intelligence Function	p. 224
Counterterrorist Operations: Retaliation and Preemption	p. 228
Covert Military Operations: Proactive Measures	p. 231
Counterterrorist Operations: Reactive Measures	p. 232
Special Operations	p. 234
United Kingdom and Israel	p. 235
National Guard	p. 236
HRT and NEST	p. 238
Chemical and Biological Terrorism	p. 238
Legal Framework: Apprehension, Prosecution, and Punishment	p. 239
Emergency Powers	p. 241
Post-9/11 Legal Measures	p. 243
Conclusions	p. 247
Key Terms	p. 248
Discussion Questions	p. 248
Web Sites	p. 248
Endnotes	p. 249
Future of Terrorism	p. 252
Chapter Objectives	p. 252
Introduction	p. 252
Israel versus Palestinian Resistance Movement	p. 253
Islamic Extremism	p. 256
Low-Intensity Warfare	p. 260
Superterrorism	p. 262
Influence of Terrorism on Democracy	p. 272
Conclusions	p. 274
Key Terms	p. 274
Discussion Questions	p. 275
Web Sites	p. 275
Endnotes	p. 275
Glossary	p. 280
Appendix: Maps	p. 285
Index	p. 291
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