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Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues

Fifth Edition

by Gus Martin

Student Resources

Video Resources
Senate Intelligence Committee Report on CIA torture (2014)
Appendices

Terrorism: First Impressions
The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism
Beginnings: The Causes of Terrorism
Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State
Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents
Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism
Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and Right
Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism
Emerging Terrorist Environments: Gender-Selective Political Violence and Criminal Dissident Terrorism
Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists
The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence and the Role of the Media
The American Case: Terrorism in the United States
Counterterrorism: The Options
A New Era: Homeland Security
What Next? The Future of Terrorism

Learning Objectives

To explain an overview of extremism and terrorism.
To understand the concept of terrorism at first glance.
To describe the sources of extremism and terrorism.

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