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.

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)