Full Description
U.S. Domestic and Transnational Terrorism is an easy-to-read and comprehensive primer detailing the essential information necessary to understand the current terrorist landscape and threats.
The book defines terrorism and outlines the distinctions between what are considered terror attacks, criminal acts, and hate crimes. In looking at both U.S. domestic, and transnational terror organizations, coverage provides a profile of groups' tactics, attack and operational hallmarks, illegal activities to date, and the ongoing threats they present. The book highlights the need for preparedness and vigilance, but not paranoia—proposing ways in which American authorities and the citizens that they serve can greatly enhance terror awareness, preparedness, and prevention.
U.S. Domestic and Transnational Terrorism serves as both an essential manual and a reference book for a wide variety of readers. This includes homeland security practitioners federal government and Department of Defense forces and protection personal, security and anti-terrorism professionals, law enforcement agencies, fire and medical first responders, academic institutions—offering courses in homeland defense, security, and transnational terrorism studies—and everyday citizens who wish to be informed and aware.
Contents
Preface: Setting the Stage for This Book Part 1: Foundational Knowledge 1. If You See Something, Say Something 2. Statistic Don't Lie 3. Our Glorious Less Than One Percent 4. Terrorists and Just Plain Criminals 5. The Lone Wolf 6. Sleepers Part Two: Domestic Terrorism 7. Hate Groups in General 8. Antigovernment Groups 9. Anti-Muslim Groups 10. Antisemitic Groups 11. Anti-Immigrant Groups 12. Anti-LGBTQ Groups 13. Domestic Terrorism 14. Acts of Domestic Terrorism: A Rollup 15. White Nationalist (Supremacist) Groups 16. The Ku Klux Klan 17. Sovereign Citizens 18. Racist Skinheads 19. Oath Keepers 20. Proud Boys 21. Three Percenters 22. QAnon 23. Boogaloo Boys 24. Neo-Confederate 25. Neo-Nazi 26. Christian Identity 27. Neo-Volkisch 28. Nation of Islam Part Three: Transnational (Islamist) Terrorism 29. Anatomy of an Islamist Terrorist 30. U.S. Dept. of State Country Reports on Terrorism 31. The Islamic State (ISIS) 32. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) 33. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force (IRGC-QF) 34. Al Qaeda 35. Hamas 36. Hezbollah 37.Taliban 38. Haqqani Network 39. Al Shabaab 40. Boko Haram Part Four: What Can We Do? 41. Community Policing 42. Creating a Culture of Awareness and Vigilance Epilogue
