COUNTERMEASURES TO COMBAT TERRORISM AT MAJOR EVENTS CASE STUDY

• NCJ Number: 40923
• Author(s): A B FULTON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 66 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of State
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS STATE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENT EXAMINES THE TERRORIST PHENOMENON IN THE THE WORLD TODAY AND POSES COUNTERMEASURES TO HANDLE IT.

Abstract

THIS DOCUMENT TAKES A LONG LOOK AT THE 1972 TERRORIST ACTION AT THE MUNICH OLYMPICS TO GLEAN INFORMATION THAT CAN BE HELPFUL IN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT ALSO MAKES A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE TERRORIST AND THE GUERRILLA. TERRORIST REASONING IS EXAMINED. PREPARATIONS ARE ENUMERATED FOR THE 1976 WINTER OLYMPICS AND SUMMER OLYMPICS. VIP PROTECTION IN GENEVA IS ALSO DETAILED....BDS