Understanding terrorism: Challenges, perspectives, and issues. /
Martin Gus. -
- 5th ed.
- California: Sage Publications; 2016.
- xvii; 443 p.: 26 cm.
Contents: Terrorism: first impressions -- The nature of the beast: defining terrorism -- Beginnings: The causes of terrorism -- Terror from above: terrorism by the state -- Terror from below: terrorism by dissidents -- Violence in the name of the faith: religious terrorism -- Violent ideologies: terrorism from the left and right -- Terrorist spillovers: international terrorism -- Emerging terrorist environments: gender-selective political violence and criminal dissident terrorism -- Tools of the trade: tactics and targets of terrorists -- The information battleground: terrorist violence and the role of the media -- The American case: terrorism in the United States -- Counterterrorism: the options -- A new era: homeland security -- What next? The future of terrorism.