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9780761926160

Understanding Terrorism : Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues

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    9780761926160

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    076192616X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-04-01
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
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Summary

The study of terrorism requires a review of the events, ideas, motivations, and histories that result in terrorist acts, as well as an examination of the theories that help explain this volatile behavior. Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues is a dynamic textbook for students who wish to explore the phenomenon of terrorism past and present. The text begins with a conceptual overview of terrorism, progresses to a focused discussion of the terrorists, investigates the nuances of the terrorist trade, and concludes with a final analysis of modern terrorism. Recommended for undergraduate and graduate students taking terrorism courses in criminal justice, criminology, sociology, political science, and public administration.

Author Biography

Gus Martin is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at California State University -- Dominguez Hills, where he is coordinator of the Criminal Justice Administration program. He has also served on the faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was an Administration of Justice professor. He taught a popular course on terrorism at the University of Pittsburgh for several years that was offered every semester, and he has designed and taught a similar course at California State University. His research and professional interests are in the areas of administration of justice, terrorism and extremism, juvenile justice, and fair housing. He has served as a panelist for university and community symposia and interviews on the subjects of terrorism, administration of justice, and fair housing. He has also been a consultant to government and private agencies. Prior to joining academia, he was a legislative assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York and Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition, he served as managing attorney for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, where he was also director of a program created under a federal consent decree to desegregate public and assisted housing

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: TERRORISM - A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Terrorism
Chapter Introduction
Historical Perspectives of Terrorism
Exploring Definitions, Sources, and Ideologies
The Morality of Terrorist Violence: Four Quotations
Terrorism and Criminal Skill: Three Cases
Terrorist Symbolism: Oklahoma City and September 11, 2001
Case in Point: The Assassins
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2. The Nature of the Beast - Defining Terrorism
Chapter Introduction
Reactionaries and Radicals: Revisiting the Classical Ideological Continuum
Understanding Extremism - The Foundation of Terrorism
Defining Terrorism
A Definitional Problem: Perspectives of Terrorism
The Political Violence Matrix
Case in Point: Are "Hate Crimes" Acts of Terrorism?
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3 Beginnings - The Causes of Terrorism
Chapter Introduction
Motives of Terrorists
Explanations of Terrorism
Case in Point: Profiles of Terrorists
Chapter Summary
PART II: THE TERRORIST
Chapter 4 Terror From Above - State Terrorism
Chapter Introduction
Monitoring State Terrorism
A State Terrorism Paradigm
State Terrorism as Foreign Policy
State Terrorism as Domestic Policy
Case in Point: Latin American State Terrorism as Domestic Policy and North African/Middle Eastern State Terrorism as Foreign Policy
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5. Terror from Below - Dissident Terrorism
Chapter Introduction
A Dissident Terrorism Paradigm
Operational Shifts - The New Morality and the Rise of Terrorist Cells
Anti-State Dissident Terrorism
Communal Terrorism
Case in Point: The Tupamaros
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6. Class Struggle and National Liberation - The Terrorist Left
Chapter Introduction
Left-Wing Ideology and Activism
Leftist Terrorism
The Future of the Violent Left
Case in Point: Supportive Environments on the Left - 1968 Paris
Chapter Summary
Chapter 7. Race and Order - The Terrorist Right
Chapter Introduction
Right-Wing Ideology and Activism
Common Themes on the Right
Rightist Terrorism
The Future of the Violent Right
Case in Point: Supportive Environments on the Right - Racist Skinheads
Chapter Summary
Chapter 8. For the Faith and Profit - Religious and Criminal Terrorism
Chapter Introduction
Religious Terrorism
Criminal Terrorism
Case in Point: The Beka'a Valley
Chapter Summary
Chapter 9. Terrorist Spillovers - International Terrorism
Chapter Introduction
Defining International Terrorism
Reasons for International Terrorism
International Terrorist Networks
Postscript: The "Stateless Revolutionaries"
Case in Point: Cooperation Between Terrorists: An Overview of the European Connection
Chapter Summary
PART III: THE TERRORIST TRADE
Chapter 10. Tools of the Trade - Tactics and Targets of Terrorists
Chapter Introduction
Terrorist Objectives
Terrorist Methods
Terrorist Targets
The Outcome - Is Terrorism Effective?
Case in Point: The Engineer
Chapter Summary
Chapter 11. The Role of the Media
Chapter Introduction
An Introduction to the Role of the Media
A New Battleground: The War for the Information High Ground
The Public's Right to Know: Regulating the Media
Case in Point: Media-Oriented Terror and Lebanon's Hezbollah
Chapter Summary
PART IV: FINAL ANALYSIS
Chapter 12. Terrorism in the United States
Chapter Introduction
Background to Political Violence on the Left and Right
Left-Wing Terrorism in the United States
Right-Wing Terrorism in the United States
The New Millennium and International Terrorism in the United States
Case in Point: Lynching - Vigilante Communal Terrorism in the United States
Chapter Summary
Chapter 13. Responding to Terror - The Options
Chapter Introduction
Counter-Terrorism and the Use of Force
Operations Other than War - Repressive Options
Operations Other than War - Conciliatory Options
Legalistic Responses
Case in Point: Hostage Rescues
Chapter Summary
Chapter 14. What Next? - The Future of Terrorism
Chapter Introduction
The Future of Terrorism
Controlling Terrorism
Prospects for Terrorism in the United States
Case in Point: The Technology of Surveillance
Chapter Summary
Maps
Glossary
Appendices
U.S. Department of State Terrorism Tables
Summary of Historical Examples
Recommended Internet Sites and Web Exercises
Documentaries and Dramatic Films
Subject/Name Index

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