Tag: Terrorism

Free Download Does Counter-Terrorism Work? by Richard English
English | June 28, 2024 | ISBN: 0192843346 | 272 pages | PDF | 3.20 Mb
Does Counter-Terrorism Work? offers an historically-grounded, systematic, and expert interrogation of the effectiveness of state responses to terrorist violence from one of the world’s leading experts on terrorism.

Free Download Sean Hannity, "Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0060582510 | EPUB | pages: 352 | 0.7 mb
Nearly three years have passed since that tragic day in September. Since then, our wounds have healed, but our senses and memories have dulled.

Free Download Combatting Cyber Terrorism: A guide to understanding the cyber threat landscape and incident response planning by Richard Bingley
English | May 9, 2024 | ISBN: 178778519X | 326 pages | MOBI | 1.73 Mb
In his second book with IT Governance Publishing, Richard Bingley’s Combatting Cyber Terrorism – A guide to understanding the cyber threat landscape and incident response planning analyses the evolution of cyber terrorism and what organisations can do to mitigate this threat.

Free Download Jeffrey M. Bale, "The Darkest Sides of Politics, II: State Terrorism, "Weapons of Mass Destruction," Religious Extremism, and Organized Crime"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1138785636 | EPUB | pages: 390 | 1.0 mb
This book examines a wide array of phenomena that arguably constitute the most noxious, extreme, terrifying, murderous, secretive, authoritarian, and/or anti-democratic aspects of national and international politics. Scholars should not ignore these "dark sides" of politics, however unpleasant they may be, since they influence the world in a multitude of harmful ways.

Free Download Jaan S. Islam, "True Islam, Jihad, and Terrorism: The Science of Islamic Foreign Policy "
English | ISBN: 163485506X | 2016 | 252 pages | PDF | 4 MB
After the rise of the Islamic State of Syria and Levant (ISIL), the world has been debating over an old issue, characterised by some as the clash of civilisations. Jihad, the Arabic term for struggle, was the target and Islamic terrorism and Islamic fascism became the popularised terms of the post-9/11 era. The following discourse has formed two theories attempting to define Islam and the role of Jihad in Islam. The first is that of the apologists that define Jihad as an internal struggle; the second sponsors the concept of offensive Jihad. In this book, existing theories are deconstructed to establish that there is no such thing as offensive Jihad or internal Jihad. Debunking both branches of political thought was possible using a cognition tool derived from the education system instituted by the Prophet Muhammad, the central figure of this controversy. The deconstruction is then followed up with an examination of an actual historical case, vis. the wars for Islam at the time of The Prophet as well as during the four rightly guided Caliphs. By doing so, this book systematically eliminates all confusion regarding Jihad. By addressing the fundamental premises involved in both sides of this controversy, the book develops an analytical tool that is free from dogmatic assertions and ensuing contradictions, eventually defining the significance of this analysis for a properly balanced understanding of Islamic foreign policy and Shariah law. A clear directive is produced in order to analyse any violence that takes place today and determine if the justification provided is Islamic or not.

Free Download Edwin Bakker, "Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies: Comparing Theory and Practice. 2nd Revised Edition Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 908728389X | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 2 MB
"Terrorism has arguably been one of the defining factors of our age. In many parts of the world, it has been one of the most important threats to peace, security and stability. But what does this exactly mean? What is the nature of this threat? What can be done about it or how can we at least limit the impact of terrorism? These are just a handful of questions that will be addressed in this book that consists of three parts. First it focuses on the essence of terrorism as an instrument to achieve certain goals and the difficulties in defining it. The second part provides an overview of the state of (counter)terrorism studies. The most interesting results of this academic field are examined and compared with empirical evidence with the aim to either stress their importance or to debunk them as myths. The final part looks into the implications and possibilities for policy making.

Free Download Musa Khan Jalalzai, "Prospect of Biological and Nuclear Terrorism in Central Asia and Russia: Foreign Fighters, the ISIS, Chechens Extremists, Katibat-i-Imam Bukhari … Movement of Uzbekistan and the Al Nusra Front"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 9389620651, 938962066X | EPUB | pages: 344 | 0.5 mb
This book discusses the danger of nuclear and biological terrorism and the strategies of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia based extremist and jihadist groups to purchase fissile material in the black market or steal it from a military or civilian facility and then use that material to construct an improvised nuclear device.

Free Download Victimhood and Acknowledgement: The Other Side of Terrorism by Petra Terhoeven
English | October 22, 2018 | ISBN: 3110578441 | PDF | 12 Mb
The history of terrorism has been largely a history of perpetrators, their motives and actions. The history of their victims has always seemed to be of secondary importance. But terrorism is communication by violence, and its efficiency depends significantly on the selection and the treatment of the victims by the perpetrators, on the one hand, and the perception and acknowledgement of victimhood by the public, on the other. How does it affect our picture of the history of terrorism then, if the victims are moved centre stage? If the focus is put on their suffering, their agency, their helplessness, or on how they are acknowledged or exploited by society, politics and media? If the central role is taken into account which they play in terrorist propaganda as well as in the emotional response of the public? The contributions to this edition of the European History Yearbook will examine such questions in a broad range of historical case studies and methods, including visual history. Not least, they aim at historicizing the roles of survivors and relatives in the social process of coming to terms with terrorist violence, a question highly relevant up to the present day.

Free Download Senthil Ram, "Nonviolence: An Alternative for Defeating Global Terrorism"
English | ISBN: 1600218121 | 2007 | 296 pages | PDF | 10 MB
The so-called ‘war on terror’ has gone badly for the West, playing directly into the strategy of al-Qa’ida and the rest of the terrorist network. Why did this happen? Were there other approaches that might have been implemented with better prospects of success? This edited collection of perspectives on the non-violent counter to terrorism opens the topic to serious consideration. The development of a non-violent paradigm brings into sharp focus the deficiencies of present thinking, and paves the way for comprehending how non-violence might overcome those deficiencies and introduce viable alternatives. Since there is a general ignorance about the history, theory and operational dynamics of non-violence, these aspects are featured throughout the book, and related to the special case of terrorism.To understand empathetically the background and mind-set of the opponent (without condoning his actions), to study his culture, to avoid the strategic trap he has set, to examine the different gender reactions of a Muslim Society, to differentiate between non-violent Islam and Islamic Terrorism, to jettison the misinformed baggage we carry about violence, to appreciate the positive role education and aesthetics can play, and to investigate ways in which a non-violent counter to terrorism might be staged, including a Gandhian response. These are just some of the tasks that the contributors have collectively pursued. Their ideas excitingly open up a whole new set of possibilities for a more peaceful world.

Free Download Michael Stohl, "The Politics of Terrorism"
English | 1988 | pages: 649 | ISBN: 0824778146 | PDF | 22,1 mb
This book provides the reader with an introduction to the concept and practice of terrorism embedded within a firm understanding of politics and social structure. It explores the major theories, typologies, strategies, ideologies, practices, and responses to contemporary political terrorism.