ABSTRACT

From CRC Press's unrivaled pool of author experts comes the ultimate reader on terrorism. With information drawn from premier titles in the CRC Press collection, it focuses on how to prepare for, mitigate, counter, and respond to terror threats and acts. Policy issues, critical infrastructure protection, terrorism funding, and target selection is discussed, along with weapons of mass destruction, intelligence and antiterrorism efforts, terrorism crisis management, and responder issues. The book goes beyond theory to provide practitioner knowledge from the field straight into the reader‘s hands, delivering real-world solutions to terrorist threats and acts at home and abroad.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter |2 pages

Author

chapter |2 pages

Part I: Terrorism and Terrorism History

chapter 3|18 pages

International and Domestic Terrorism1

chapter 4|16 pages

Terrorist Organizations and Cells1

chapter 6|20 pages

US Anthrax Attacks

chapter 7|20 pages

Terrorist Funding1

chapter 8|12 pages

Homeland Security1

chapter 9|16 pages

Mitigating Terrorism1

chapter 10|12 pages

Deterring Terrorism1

chapter 11|16 pages

Intelligence-Driven Counterterrorism1

chapter |2 pages

Part IV: Regional Focus on Terrorism

chapter 12|12 pages

The Terrorist Threat in Latin America1

chapter 13|22 pages

Terrorism in the European Union1

chapter 14|14 pages

Border Security in the Middle East1

chapter 15|14 pages

Terrorism in Asia1

chapter 16|18 pages

The Arab Spring andSubsequent Effects1

chapter 17|14 pages

Suicide Bombings1

chapter 18|14 pages

The Crime-Terror Nexus1

chapter 19|16 pages

Critical Infrastructure Protection1

chapter 20|28 pages

Technology, Terrorism, andCounterterrorism1