Terrorists and Terrorism in the Contemporary World

✍ Scribed by David J. Whittaker

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 183
• Series: The Making of the Contemporary World
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Terrorists and Terrorism in the Contemporary World is an accessible introduction to the terrorists and their psychology in an historical context. Focusing on a variety of prominent terrorist groups together with a number of less notorious ones, readers are encouraged to think about the mindset, motivation and tactics of terrorists. David J. Whittaker also discusses the problems of countering these terrorists.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
Problems in definition......Page 14
Terrorism today and yesterday......Page 26
Terrorists in groups......Page 46
Terrorists and their motivation......Page 62
Three terrorist profiles......Page 76
Tactics and methods......Page 88
Terrorists and the media......Page 104
Ethical and moral issues......Page 114
Future forms of terrorism......Page 128
Countering terrorists......Page 142
Resume and further enquiry......Page 156
Where to find out more......Page 166
Contemporary terrorist groups......Page 172
Chronology of terrorist incidents 1968 2003......Page 176
Index......Page 182