The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs
Editors: Schneider, B., Post, J., Kindt, M. (Eds.)
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- About this book
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Terrorist organizations and international criminal networks pose an increasing danger to the world. This book looks at diverse groups from Al Qaeda to Mexican drug cartels and includes a chapter on terrorist WMD threats. This look at sub-state rivals is recommended to all serious students of international security.
- About the authors
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BARRY R. SCHNEIDER is the Director of the USAF Counterproliferation Centre (CPC) at Maxwell AFB, and is also a Professor of International Relations at the Air War College, USA.
JERROLD M. POST is Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs and Director of the Political Psychology Program at The George Washington University, USA.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL DR. MICHAEL T. KINDT is the Director of Counterterrorism Studies at the USAF CPC, USA. - Reviews
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"The articles in this book . . . discus the major terrorist threats to the US, including radical Islam, al Qaeda, Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas, as well as methods used by terrorists, especially suicide bombing. The authors offer important facts and details on each of the threats and what the US might do to counter them. From a military or intelligence points of view, the book has great value because of its facts and statistics. Summing up: Recommended. Most levels/libraries." - Choice
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Suicide Terrorism: Are There Important Counterterrorist Lessons to Be Learned?
Pages 3-28
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Al Qaeda’s Modus Operandi: Anticipating Their Target Selection
Pages 29-48
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Political Islam and Radical Islam: The Cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh
Pages 49-69
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“Like Glitter of the Sun”: Iran and Terrorism
Pages 71-91
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Terrorist Use of WMD
Pages 93-119
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The World's Most Threatening Terrorist Networks and Criminal Gangs
- Editors
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- B. Schneider
- J. Post
- M. Kindt
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-62329-3
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230623293
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-61809-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-38077-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 281
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