Description
Provides a comprehensive empirical overview of the nature and evolution of both modern transnational and domestic terrorism
Based on statistical data from the world's largest terrorism database
Will be of much interest to students of terrorism and political violence, criminology, political science, and IR/Security Studies
Table of Contents
1. The Enduring Impact of 9/11 2. The Creation of the Global Terrorism Database 3. Tracking Worldwide Terrorism Trends 4. The Spatial Distribution of Terroism Around the World and in the United States 5. Life Spans and Attach Patterns of Terrorism Organizations 6. Terrorism Weapons, Targets and Tactics 7. Challenging Conventional Wisdom on the Deadliness of Terrorism Attacks 8. International and Domestic Terrorism 9. Tactical Innovations of Terrorists 10. Government Responses to Terrorism 11. Putting Terrorism into Context
