Terrorism and Homeland Security: Perspectives, Thoughts, and Opinions

ISBN-13: 9781420093063 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 400 str.

Dale L. June

Opis

An examination of the causes and effects of terrorism and the complicated issues surrounding homeland security, this thought provoking anthology covers surveillance issues, female terrorist activity, and secret societies as well as Law enforcement and the perceived terrorism-Muslim connection. Additional topics include the future of terrorism, perceptions and meanings of homeland security, border security, propaganda, the internet, funding of terrorism, and intelligence gathering. The book features a chapter exploring a translated copy of a captured Al-Qaeda Manual and one on the issues of citizen preparedness in terms of physical readiness and the psychological impacts of terrorist activities around the world.

Spis treści

Gemini: Terrorism and Homeland Security. Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century: How Are Governments Coping? A Manifesto of War and Hate: A Look Inside an al-Qaeda Manual. The Concept of Martyrdom. Zentropism and Homeland Security. The Elephant in the Room: Homeland Security and the Unresolved Challenge of Insider Threats. Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: Resurgent Islamism, Transnational Objectives, and Regional Instability. Suicide Bombing as an Ultimate Terrorist Tool. The Battle of Ideas: Political Warfare versus Psychological Operations. United States and European Union Antiterrorism Cooperative Efforts. Trends in Strategic Security: The New Warfare. Deprivation, Occupation, and Social Change: Hamas and Lebanese Hezbollah’s Evolution from Bombs to Ballot Boxes. The Diminution of the Citizen in the Age of Homeland Security. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Terrorism: Weapons of Mass Terror. Apocalypse: Courage and Commitment. Homeland Security: What Everyone Can Do. Deter! Detect! Disrupt! The HUMINT Side of Competitive Intelligence. Terrorist Threats South of the Border. Mexico Violence That Threatens Our Southern Border: Ripening Conditions for Escalated Terrorism Domestically and Internationally Immediately South of the United States. Common Chemicals as Precursors in Constructing Improvised Explosive Devices: Tools for Locating Bomb Makers and Their Clandestine Labs. Panopti(con): Art and the Aesthetics of Dissent. Policing the Future: Homeland Security and Terrorism: Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Terminator. Index.

O autorze

Dale L. June