Crenshaw, Martha; Pimlott, John
Zusammenfassung
This timely reference book places the growing 20th century phenomenon of terrorism in an historical context. Starting with the use of assassination in Ancient Greece and including the recent bombing of the American military complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, this encyclopedia covers the globe in its presentation of all aspects of terrorism: history, theories of, types of, and responses to, as well methods and techniques. There is a chronology of major terrorist events from 1945, an A to Z listing of terrorist groups and leaders, a select bibliography, and indexes (general, name, and geographical).
Inhalt
The problems of defining Terrorism, Section One: The Historical Background, 1 Terror in History to 1939, Terror during World War II, Section Two: The Background to Modern Terrorist Campaigns: Introduction 3. Theories of Insurgency and Terrorism 4 Campaigns of Decolonization Section Three: The General Background to Modern Terrorism- Introduction 5 Types of Terrorism 6 Terrorist Techniques and Methods 7 Psychology of Terrorism Section Four: Terrorist Groups and campaigns- Introduction 8 Middle Eastern Terrorism 1920-1947 9 Middle Eastern Terrorism 1948-1969 10 Middle Eastern Terrorism 1970-1987 11 Middle Eastern Terrorism 1988- 1996 12 Radical Muslim Terrorism 13 Terrorism in Latin America 14 Nationalist Terrorism in Post-Colonial Asia and Africa 15 Terror in War and civil War since 1945 Section Five: Terrorism in the Industrialised World- Introduction 16 Terrorism in the United States 17 Social Revolutionary Terrorists 18 National Terrorists Section Six: Responses to Terrorism- Introduction 19 Responses to Terrorism 12Responses to Terrorism in Latin America 21 State Terrorism 22 International Cooperation Against Terrorism 23 The Media and International Terrorism 24 The Changing Face of Terrorism.