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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 describe the purpose: terrorist objectives.
To explain the means: terrorist methods.
To understand the focus: terrorist targets.
To understand the outcome: is terrorism effective?

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