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The incredible true story of the attempted assassination of Palestinian, Khalid Mishal.

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This study examines the leading 19th century Russian revolutionary organization, Land and Freedom, during its three brief years of existence and its significance for later Russian history.

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Wittes offers the first nonpartisan critique of a crucial front in America's war on terror--the legal battles fought by and among the Bush administration, the U.S. Congress, and the Supreme Court.

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In this book, Alaolmolki, an expert on the transnational politics of Central Asia and the Persian Gulf, provides a global view of militant Islamist ideologies, activities, and connections.

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What kind of people are suicide bombers How do they justify their actions In this book, the author argues that popular views of these young men and women - as crazed fanatics or brainwashed automatons - fall short of the mark. He tells a story of the modern globalization of suicide bombing.

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While there are many trained crisis negotiators, almost none of them has ever had contact with a terrorist hostage-taking incident. This work presents a reconstruction and analysis of the two most high-profile cases, the Moscow theater and the Beslan school hostage crises, with the purpose of drawing lessons for hostage negotiation strategies.

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First, what constitutes terrorism What is new about the 'new' terrorism Why is the Muslim world the most potent breeding ground of this new terrorism To what extent is religion itself a factor Is there a clash of civilizations between the Muslim world and the largely Christian or post-Christian West Is America at fault.

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This book surveys how non-Western states have responded to the threats of domestic and international terrorism in ways consistent with and reflective of their broad historical, political, cultural and religious traditions. -- .

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This book surveys how non-Western states have responded to the threats of domestic and international terrorism in ways consistent with and reflective of their broad historical, political, cultural and religious traditions. -- .

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In today's information age, the coexistence of nuclear weapons with advanced conventional weapons and information-based concepts of warfare is a military contradiction. This is a study of how the information age in modern warfare coexists with the persistent appeal of nuclear weapons and its impact on crisis management.

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A study of how the information age in modern warfare coexists with the persistent appeal of nuclear weapons and its impact on crisis management. It focuses on this unplanned coexistence of two distinct arts of war, including the possibility that states like the US may be held hostage to nuclear blackmail by "outlier" regimes or terrorists.

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They show that in order to protect the country from terrorists, security forces must do what the terrorists do: identify vulnerable targets, analyze their specific weaknesses, consider the tools and weapons needed to attack, and assess access to the targets.

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Do ethnic Arabs or Palestinians have a future within the borders of the state of Israel It deals broadly with relations between Jew and Arab, and between Arab and Arab, finding that Palestinian society is highly fragmented along familial, regional, religious, economic, gender, and generational lines.

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Its editors conceived this book only a few hours after the World Trade Towers had collapsed.

In an age where nothing is definitive this book frames 9/11 in terms of fresh insights and new interpretations that should last beyond its immediate timeframe.

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This book is for typical American families, business travelers, corporate executive management personnel, emergency first responders, school administrators, and local government officials responsible for public safety and emergency management.

Americans are regularly bombarded with reports of disaster and tragedy in the daily news.

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The Armenian terrorist movement is the subject of Michael Gunter's analysis. Beginning with an introductory overview of recent Armenian terrorist attacks against Turkish diplomats and property and perceived allies of the Turks, he then examines historical motivations and goals of the Armenian terrorist movement.

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Applying fresh tools from economics to explain puzzling behaviors of religious radicals: Muslim, Christian, and Jewish; violent and benign.

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The first major academic investigation of Irish national security policy as it has operated since 9/11. It draws on unprecedented access to Ireland's security and intelligence agencies; over twenty senior personnel were interviewed. -- .

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Drawing on research for a dissertation he began before September 2001, Al-Khattar explores religion, terrorism, and the relationship between them; views by leaders of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the US.

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A major new text on terrorism in the contemporary world. Terrorism, Colin Wight argues, is not only a form of political violence but also a form of political communication and can only be understood - and countered effectively - in the context of its relationship to the state.

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This book places the current wave of religion-based terrorism in a historical perspective, explaining why religion is associated with terrorism, comparing religion-based terrorism to other forms of terrorism, and documenting how religion-based terrorism is a product of powerful political, socioeconomic, and psychological forces.