NCJ Number
217689
Editor(s)
Russell D. Howard,
Reid L. Sawyer
Date Published
2006
Length
624 pages
Annotation
This edition of Terrorism and Counterterrorism offers perspectives of leading authorities who have explored the spectrum of terrorism issues in the United States and overseas.
Abstract
Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, second edition is in two parts. Part I analyzes the philosophical, political, and religious roots of terrorist activities around the world and discusses the national, regional, and global effects of historical and recent terrorist acts. In addition to material on the threats from suicide bombers, as well as from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons, there are also important contributions analyzing new and growing threats: narcoterrorism, terrorist recruitment on the Internet, and genomic terrorism. Part I contains six chapters in total. Part II deals with past, present, and future national and international responses to terrorism and defenses against it. Organized in three chapters, the essays and articles in Part II analyze and debate the practical, political, ethical, and moral questions raised by military and nonmilitary responses. The book concludes with an interesting look at why the United States never deployed its special operation forces against al Qaeda prior to September 11, 2001. The 2 scholarly editors of this edition have gathered and edited the best works of more than 15 of the leading commentators on terrorism at a critical time in the Nation’s history. It also reflects their experience in teaching security-related courses in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point. Appendixes A-B