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For criminal justice courses focusing on terrorismA Comprehensive Overview of Terrorism Today and the American ResponseTerrorism, Intelligence and Homeland Security is an easy-to-read introductory text packed with the latest research and events in the field. Its reader-friendly, four-color design with numerous illustrations and contemporary photographs engage student and illuminate both the history and the current state of both domestic and foreign terrorism and the US response. The text is divided into four Parts: Part 1 provides a framework for understanding both domestic and foreign terrorist threats in terms of history, geography, culture, and creed or religion; Part 2 focuses on terrorist groups, their organization, and critical processes; Part 3 presents an overview of America's vulnerabilities to terrorism and the government agencies tasked to prevent terrorism including discussion of the intelligence community and a balanced discussion of the myriad Constitutional issues involved in efforts to protect the public while safeguarding personal and civil liberties; Part 4 focuses specifically on the agencies that have anti-terrorism as part of their primary mission.
Contents
Part 1 Understanding Terrorism Chapter 1 Defining, Conceptualizing, and Understanding Terrorism 1 Chapter 2 Political Ideology and the Historical Roots of Terrorism 32 Chapter 3 Understanding the Middle East and Islam 63 Chapter 4 The Rise of Radical Islam 82 Part 2 Typologies, Organizational Structure, Tactics and Critical Processes of Terrorism Chapter 5 Terrorist Organizations and Structures 108 Chapter 6 Critical Processes of Terrorist Organizations 134 Chapter 7 Typologies of Terrorism: State-Involved Terrorism and Single or Special Issue Movements 158 Chapter 8 Typologies of Terrorism: The Right and Left Wings, and Separatist or Nationalist Movements 182 Part 3 Responding to the Challenges of Terrorism Chapter 9 Intelligence and Terrorism 208 Chapter 10 Intelligence, Terrorism and the U.S. Constitution 230 Chapter 11 Homeland Security 257 Chapter 12 America's Vulnerability to Terrorism 286 Chapter 13 Emergency Management 306 Part 4 Combatting Terrorism and the Future Chapter 14 Combatting Terrorism 334 Chapter 15 Terrorism, Intelligence, and Homeland Security: The Future 361
