Tag: Terrorism

Free Download Handbook of Understanding Terrorism: Forensic Social Sciences Case Studies
by Martine Herzog-Evans and Stephen J. Morewitz
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031677900 | 270 Pages | True PDF | 13.8 MB

Free Download Jennifer L. Weber, "Terrorism (Key Concepts in American History)"
English | 2010 | pages: 129 | ISBN: 1604132264 | PDF | 4,2 mb
Uses alphabetic entries to cover the contemporary history of, and issues related to, terrorism.

Free Download Mario Marcello Neto, "Justice League and Terrorism in Cartoons"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 6205252120 | PDF | pages: 69 | 3.1 mb
This book analyzes the representation of the superheroes in the animated film Justice League (DC Comics, 2001) regarding the anti-terrorist discourse. This cartoon has as main characters some of the most established superheroes such as: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, among others. This animation is broadcasted in open television in Brazil, a fact that amplifies even more its diffusion in our society. Considering that this animation was broadcasted on television in the year that one of the greatest terrorist attacks occurred: the fall of the World Trade Center in 2001, we intend to make a quantitative analysis, in relation to the number of episodes with an anti-terrorist theme, and a qualitative analysis, analyzing the form of discourse, the aesthetics, and the character in which it was involved. In this way, this book conducts a case study on the before and after the so-called "9/11", using the aforementioned animation as a source of analysis.

Free Download Assaf Moghadam, "The Roots of Terrorism"
English | 2006 | pages: 153 | ISBN: 0791083071 | PDF | 3,0 mb
This series looks at the many aspects of terrorism: its role in history, the goals of terrorists, the many terrorist groups throughout history and their most infamous attacks as well as the steps nations are taking to protect their citizens from radical groups bent on doing harm.

Free Download Terrorism and Counterterrorism: A Moral Assessment By Carl Wellman (auth.)
2013 | 132 Pages | ISBN: 940076006X | PDF | 1 MB
This book presents a definition of terrorism that is broad and descriptive and much needed to prevent misunderstanding. The book identifies the features that make terrorism ‘wrong’, including coerciveness, the violation of rights and undermining of trust. Next, it evaluates reasons given for terrorism such as the protection of human rights and the liberation of oppressed groups as not normally justified. Following this, the book identifies and evaluates international responses to terrorism, taking into account General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, United Nations conventions and criminalization in international law. It also looks at national responses which often take the shape of surveillance, detention, interrogation, trials, targeted killings, intrusion and invasion. Finally, the book discusses how, if at all, the moral norms of personal morality apply to the actions of nation states.​

Free Download Charles Townshend, "Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 0199603944 | 2011 | 176 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
Is one person’s terrorist another’s freedom fighter? Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a ‘War on Terror’?

Free Download Francis P Hyland, "Armenian Terrorism: The Past, The Present, The Prospects"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 081338124X, 0367015854, 0367165724 | EPUB | pages: 248 | 0.5 mb
Arising seemingly out of nowhere, Armenian terrorist groups in the last two decades have carried out over 200 attacks in some two dozen countries around the world. Although this wave of terror at first appears to have sprung up without warning, a closer look at Armenian history, especially since World War I, shows that it is only the most recent in a series of outbreaks of ethnic violence. In this study, the author examines the social and political background of Armenian terrorism and its similarities to and differences from other terrorist movements, and he carefully dissects the organizational methods of these groups. An important feature of the work is an extensive and detailed chronology of Armenian terrorism from 1915 to the present. Each entry provides essential information concerning the date and time of the attack, location, victims, weapons used, terrorist groups and individual commandos responsible for the attack, and a list of sources for further reference. A resource for specialists studying terrorism and ethnic violence, Armenian Terrorism should also be useful to those interested in the tragic and difficult history of Armenia and Turkey.

Free Download Michael Lister, "Anti-terrorism, citizenship and security"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1526133814, 0719091594 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 0.4 mb
This book explores how different publics make sense of and evaluate anti-terrorism powers within the UK, and the implications of this for citizenship and security. Drawing on primary empirical research, the book argues that whilst white individuals are not unconcerned about the effects of anti-terrorism, ethnic minority citizens (including, but not only those identifying as Muslim) believe that anti-terrorism powers have impacted negatively on their citizenship and security. This book thus offers the first systematic engagement with ‘vernacular’ or ‘everyday’ understandings of anti-terrorism policy, citizenship and security. It argues that while transformations in anti-terrorism frameworks impact on public experiences of security and citizenship, they do not do so in a uniform, homogeneous, or predictable manner. At the same time, public understandings and expectations of security and citizenship themselves shape how developments in anti-terrorism frameworks are discussed.

Free Download O. Nikbay, Suleyman Hancerli, "Understanding and Responding to the Terrorism Phenomenon: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective"
English | 2007 | pages: 449 | ISBN: 1586037501 | PDF | 2,4 mb
Since terrorism is a global issue, counter-terrorism studies are also a global issue which requires cooperation and collaboration of multi-dimensional groups such as academicians representing the theoretical and research part, policymakers representing the coordination and authorization part and professionals representing the practical and real life experience. This publication is unique because it includes the researches, experiences and perceptions of all parts of this cooperation and collaboration.Hence, there are four primary sections in this book elaborating their perspectives: Understanding Terrorism, Suicide Attacks, Radical terrorism and Case Studies, Strategies and Tactics for Dealing with Terrorist Hostage Sieges, Hijackings and Kidnappings, and Counter-Terrorism Policies: Lessons for the Future. This book encapsulates these various themes that highlight how to understand the terrorism phenomenon and analyze how to respond to terrorism and terrorist operations and how to promote counter terrorism policies and strategies.

Free Download The Psychology of Strategic Terrorism: Public and Government Responses to Attack By Ben Sheppard
2008 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0415471958 | PDF | 4 MB
This new volume explores terrorism and strategic terror, examining how the public responds to terrorist attacks, and what authorities can do in such situations. The book uses a unique interdisciplinary approach, which combines the behavioural sciences and international relations, in order to further the understanding of the ‘terror’ generated by strategic terror. The work examines five contemporary case studies of the psychological and behavioural effects of strategic terror, from either terrorist attacks or aerial bombardment. It also looks at how risk-communication and public-health strategies can amplify or reduce psychological and behavioural responses, and considers whether behavioural effects translate into political effects, and what governments can do to relieve this. Ultimately, the study argues that the public is not prone to panic, but can change their behaviours to reduce their perceived risk of being exposed to a terrorist attack. This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism studies, homeland security, social psychology and politics in general.