ABSTRACT
This work examines terrorist activity worldwide from the mid-1990s to the 21st century. It covers the attack on the World Trade Center, the "War on Terrorism", and the escalating violence in Israel and Palestine, offering historical context by terrorism and counter-terrorism experts. It investigates key issues and events related to global and domestic terrorism, as well as future trends in terrorism and counter-terrorism. The work includes entries on terrorist individuals, organizations, and activities around the globe, and also features a complete volume of primary source documents relating to terrorism from ancient times to the 21st century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |32 pages
Toward World Terrorism
entry |1 pages
The Sicarii: Terrorism in Roman-Occupied Judea
entry |1 pages
Crusaders and Their Tactics: Terror in the Middle Ages
entry |1 pages
The Assassins: Medieval Roots of Islamic Terrorism
entry |1 pages
Massacre at Lenthall: Terrorism in an Age of Radical Reform
entry |4 pages
The Order of the Day: Robespierre’s Reign of Terror in the French Revolution
entry |1 pages
John Brown’s Raid: An Abolitionist’s Campaign of Terror in the American South
entry |4 pages
Terror in the American West: The Sand Creek Massacre
entry |1 pages
Russian Pogroms: Anti-Semitic Terrorism in Eastern Europe
entry |1 pages
Terror in Colonial Africa: Leopold’s Congo Free State
entry |2 pages
The Black Hand: Serbian Nationalism and the Outbreak of World War I
entry |2 pages
Tactics of Terror: German Forces Occupy Belgium in World War I
entry |3 pages
Armenian Massacres: Terror in the Ottoman Empire
entry |2 pages
The Red Terror: Revolutionary Terrorism in the Soviet Union
entry |6 pages
Kristallnacht: Terrorism as State Policy
part |141 pages
Combating World Terrorism
entry |5 pages
United Nations Conventions
entry |4 pages
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, Hague Convention (1970)
entry |4 pages
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, Montreal Convention (1971)
entry |4 pages
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons (1973)
entry |3 pages
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BTWC) (1975)
entry |4 pages
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages, Hostages Convention (1979)
entry |8 pages
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, Nuclear Materials Convention (1980)
entry |2 pages
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (1988)
entry |6 pages
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (1988)
entry |3 pages
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (1988)
entry |5 pages
Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Identification, Montreal Convention (1991)
entry |6 pages
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (1997)
entry |8 pages
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999)
entry |1 pages
United Nations Security Council Resolutions
entry |1 pages
Resolution 731 on Libya’s Support of Terrorism (1992)
entry |2 pages
Resolution 748 on Libya’s Support of the Arab Jamahiriya (1992)
entry |2 pages
Resolution 1044 on the Assassination Attempt on the Egyptian President (1996)
entry |2 pages
Resolution 1054 Imposing Sanctions in Connection with Resolution 1044 (1996)
entry |1 pages
Resolution 1189 Condemning the U.S. Embassy Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania (1998)
entry |2 pages
Resolution 1193 on the Situation in Afghanistan and the Ruling Taliban (1998)
entry |3 pages
Resolution 1214 on the Worsening Situation in Afghanistan (1998)
entry |3 pages
Resolution 1267 Demanding the Extradition of al-Qaeda Leader Osama (alt. Usama) bin Laden from Afghanistan (1999)
entry |2 pages
Resolution 1269 on the Responsibility of the Security Council in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security (1999)
entry |5 pages
Resolution 1333 on the Continuing Situation in Afghanistan (2000)
entry |1 pages
Resolution 1368 on Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts (2001)
entry |3 pages
Resolution 1373 on Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts (2001)
entry |2 pages
United Nations General Assembly Resolutions
entry |1 pages
Resolution 39/159 (1984): Inadmissibility of the Policy of State Terrorism and Any Actions by States Aimed at Undermining the Sociopolitical System in Other Sovereign States
entry |4 pages
Resolution 51/210 (1996): Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism
entry |1 pages
Resolution 56/1 (2001): Condemnation of Terrorist Attacks in the United States
entry |3 pages
Regional Conventions and Declarations
entry |4 pages
European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism (1977)
entry |3 pages
SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) (1987)
entry |2 pages
CM/Res. 1587 (LXII): Resolution on the Crisis Between the Great Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and France (Organization of African Unity) (1995)
entry |3 pages
Ottawa Ministerial Declaration on Countering Terrorism (1995)
entry |1 pages
G-7 Declaration on Terrorism, Lyon (1996)
entry |3 pages
G-7/P-8 Ministerial Conference on Terrorism, Paris (1996)
entry |1 pages
Summit of Peacemakers: Sharm el-Sheikh Final Statement (1996)
entry |9 pages
Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism (League of Arab States) (1998)
entry |9 pages
Convention of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on Combating International Terrorism (1999)
entry |3 pages
OAS Resolution: Strengthening Hemispheric Cooperation to Prevent, Combat, and Eliminate Terrorism (2001)
part |103 pages
Homeland Defense
entry |2 pages
Canada
entry |5 pages
India
entry |17 pages
Prevention of Terrorism Act (2002)
entry |5 pages
Israel
entry |1 pages
Japan
entry |4 pages
Pakistan
entry |8 pages
United Kingdom
entry |1 pages
United States
entry |2 pages
Executive Order 12947: Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process (1995)
entry |3 pages
Presidential Decision Directive 39 (1995)
entry |2 pages
H.R.3525 Church Arson Prevention Act (1996)
entry |5 pages
Summary of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (1996)
entry |4 pages
Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People (September 2001)
entry |3 pages
Executive Order on Terrorist Financing, Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (2001)
entry |21 pages
Summary of Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act, USA PATRIOT Act (2001) Prepared by U.S.
entry |18 pages
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (September 2002)
part |41 pages
Rationalizing Terror
entry |1 pages
Islamic Terrorism in the Middle East
entry |3 pages
The Iron Wall (1937)
entry |3 pages
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (1968)
entry |13 pages
The Covenant of Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement (1988)
entry |1 pages
The Rise of International Terrorism
entry |2 pages
World Islamic Front Statement (1998)
entry |1 pages
Al-Qaeda Statement [following September 11 attacks] (2001)
entry |1 pages
Conflict in Northern Ireland
entry |1 pages
Irish Declaration of Independence (1919)
entry |3 pages
IRA New Year Statement (1999)
entry |1 pages
IRA Statement on Disarmament (2001)
entry |1 pages
Ethnic Nationalism and Radical Separatists
entry |3 pages
FLQ Manifesto (1970)
entry |2 pages
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, “Tamil Tigers” (1992)
entry |3 pages
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna’s Manifesto to the Basque Country (1995)
part |22 pages
America’s Domestic Terrorism
entry |7 pages
August Spies and the Haymarket Riots (1886)
entry |8 pages
An American Nazi Manifesto (1965)
entry |2 pages
Symbionese Liberation Army Manifesto (1973)
entry |1 pages
Excerpt from the Unabomber’s Manifesto (1995)
entry |2 pages
A Bomber’s Rationale (2001)
entry |1 pages
Excerpt from the Army of God Manual (2002)