TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
TI  - Understanding terrorism: Challenges, perspectives, and issues.
SN  - 9781483378958
AV  - HV6431. M367 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - California
PB  - Sage Publications
N1  - Contents: 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
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