Contemporary Terrorism Studies
Strategic Culture and Violent Non-State Actors: A Comparative Study of Salafi-Jihadist Groups
1st Edition
By Edward D. Last
January 29, 2024
This book applies strategic culture concepts to violent non-state actors (VNSAs) in a comparative analysis. In recent years, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has become notorious for kidnapping Western hostages in north-western Africa and for its role in the short-lived Islamist takeover of ...
Female Terrorism in America: Past and Current Perspectives
1st Edition
By Jonathan Matusitz, Elena Berisha
August 01, 2022
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of female terrorism in America, both past and present. The volume takes a fresh look at women’s actions of left-wing political violence, right-wing political violence, and religious extremist violence (among others). It also examines the multitude of ...
Terrorist Decision-Making: A Leader-Centric Approach
1st Edition
By Alex Mintz, Tyson Chatagnier, Yair Samban
August 02, 2021
This book analyzes a series of decisions by leaders of three major terrorist organizations and identifies a unique "Decision DNA" for each of them.The authors use the Applied Decision Analysis methodology to examine organizational and operational decisions made by the leaders of three major groups:...
Assessing the War on Terror: Western and Middle Eastern Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Charles Webel, Mark Tomass
September 30, 2020
This volume is a collection of articles that critically examine the efficacy, ethics, and impact of the War on Terror as it has evolved since 9/11. During the decade and a half of the Global War on Terror (GWOT), numerous books have considered the political, psychosocial, and economic impacts of ...
Transnational Organized Crime and Jihadist Terrorism: Russian-Speaking Networks in Western Europe
1st Edition
By Michael Fredholm
September 30, 2020
This book describes and analyzes the convergence of transnational organized crime and jihadist terrorism that has taken place within Russian-speaking social networks in Western Europe.Studies have shown that while under certain circumstances links between criminal organizations and terrorist groups...
Deterring Terrorism: A Model for Strategic Deterrence
1st Edition
Edited
By Elli Lieberman
August 14, 2020
This book examines the question of how to deter a non-state terrorist actor.Can terrorism be deterred? This book argues that current research is unable to find strong cases of deterrence success, because it uses a flawed research design which does not capture the longitudinal dynamics of the ...
Jihadism, Foreign Fighters and Radicalization in the EU: Legal, Functional and Psychosocial Responses
1st Edition
Edited
By Inmaculada Marrero Rocha, Humberto Trujillo Mendoza
June 30, 2020
Jihadism, Foreign Fighters and Radicalization in the EU addresses the organizational and strategic changes in terrorism in Europe as a result of urban jihadism and the influx of foreign fighters of European nationality or residence.Examining the different types of responses to the treatment of ...
Social Movement De-Radicalisation and the Decline of Terrorism: The Morphogenesis of the Irish Republican Movement
1st Edition
By Gordon Clubb
June 30, 2020
By drawing on social movement theories, this book explains how terrorist movements decline, using the case of Irish Republicanism. The continuity of terrorism and political violence from generation to generation demonstrates the need to go beyond a focus on groups or individuals in order to explain...
Victims and Perpetrators of Terrorism: Exploring Identities, Roles and Narratives
1st Edition
Edited
By Orla Lynch, Javier Argomaniz
May 21, 2019
This volume examines how both victims and perpetrators of terrorism are relevant to our understanding of political violence. While the perpetrators of political violence have been the subject of significant academic research, victims of terrorism and political violence have rarely featured in this ...
Reintegrating Jihadist Extremist Detainees: Helping Extremist Offenders Back into Society
1st Edition
By Daan Weggemans, Beatrice de Graaf
January 11, 2019
This book seeks to understand the processes of reintegration of former Jihadist detainees, as well as the role that the police and other frontline professionals play in this process. Over the past few decades the number of people who have been detained under the suspicion of terrorist activities ...
Understanding Boko Haram: Terrorism and Insurgency in Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By James J. Hentz, Hussein Solomon
October 18, 2018
The primary objective of this book is to understand the nature of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria. Boko Haram’s goal of an Islamic Caliphate, starting in the Borno State in the North East that will eventually cover the areas of the former Kanem-Borno Empire, is a rejection of the ...
Understanding Deradicalization: Methods, Tools and Programs for Countering Violent Extremism
1st Edition
By Daniel Koehler
December 22, 2017
This book provides a comprehensive guide to the different aspects of deradicalization theories, programs and methods. It analyzes the practical and theoretical aspects of deradicalization programs and the methods being employed to bring extremists and terrorist back to a non-violent life. The book ...