Terrorism

by Malisow, Ben; French, John L.

• ISBN13: 9780791094129
• ISBN10: 079109412X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

Terrorism is violence used by small groups as a tactic to influence governments and other organizations. It includes assassination, bombing, hijacking, kidnapping, and other horrible acts. Terrorism defines the different types of terrorism and examines the history of terrorist practices, from nineteenth-century clashes between the British and the Irish to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. The book examines the various facets of terrorism by analyzing historical cases, discussing the tactics used by the terrorists, describing how government and law-enforcement authorities responded, and telling how those events influenced future antiterrorism efforts. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 11
Introduction: What is Terrorism?	p. 13
Republican Terrorism	p. 19
Utopian Terrorism	p. 29
Terrorism for Attrition	p. 39
Assassination: Terrorist Tool	p. 51
State-On-State Terrorism	p. 61
Non-State Actors Terrorizing Civilians	p. 71
State-Sponsored Terrorism	p. 81
Total War-Weapons of Mass Destruction	p. 93
The Future of Terrorism-The Future of Politics	p. 103
September 11, 2001, and the War on Terrorism	p. 113
Chronology	p. 123
Endnotes	p. 128
Bibliography	p. 132
Further Resources	p. 137
Index	p. 138
About the Author/About the Consulting Editor	p. 144
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Excerpts

Terrorism has been used as a tactic against governments and other entities of power throughout history. In this timely, fascinating book, Terrorism examines the history of such terrorist acts, and defines the different types of terrorism experienced throughout the world, from the struggles in Northern Ireland to the more recent events of September 11, 2001. Each chapter examines a particular branch of terrorism by analyzing historical cases and discussing the tactics used by the terrorists, how government and law enforcement responded, and what influence the event had on future antiterrorism efforts. Although terrorist acts often rise above the level of mere crime, criminal activity is essential to most terrorist pursuits, whether in the form of forged documents, smuggled explosives, or illegal money-laundering.
Chapters include:
Utopian Terrorism
Assassination: Terrorist Tool
State-On-State Terrorism
Total War—Weapons of Mass Destruction
The Future of Terrorism—The Future of Politics.
Topics covered include:
The Irish Republican Brotherhood
Narodnaya Volya, Russian anti-Czarist terrorists
Irgun and Lehi terrorist campaign against the British
Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico, separatists who attempted to assassinate President Harry Truman
The capture of the USS Pueblo by North Korea
The Achille Lauro hijacking
The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland
The Aum Shinrikyo gas attack on the Tokyo subways
The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City
The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.