Terrorism and Homeland Security : Perspectives, Thoughts, and Opinions.

Front cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- About the Editor -- Chapter 1. Gemini: Terrorism and Homeland Security -- Chapter 2. Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century: How Are Governments Coping? -- Chapter 3. A Manifesto of War and Hate: A Look Inside an al-Qaeda Manual -- Chapter 4. The Concept of Martyrdom -- Chapter 5. Zentropism and Homeland Security -- Chapter 6. The Elephant in the Room: Homeland Security and the Unresolved Challenge of Insider Threats -- Chapter 7. Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: Resurgent Islamism, Transnational Objectives, and Regional Instability -- Chapter 8. Suicide Bombing as an Ultimate Terrorist Tool -- Chapter 9. The Battle of Ideas: Political Warfare versus Psychological Operations -- Chapter 10. United States and European Union Antiterrorism Cooperative Efforts -- Chapter 11. Trends in Strategic Security: The New Warfare -- Chapter 12. Deprivation, Occupation, and Social Change: Hamas and Lebanese Hezbollah's Evolution from Bombs to Ballot Boxes -- Chapter 13. The Diminution of the Citizen in the Age of Homeland Security -- Chapter 14. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Terrorism: Weapons of Mass Terror -- Chapter 15. Apocalypse: Courage and Commitment -- Chapter 16. Homeland Security: What Everyone Can Do. Deter! Detect! Disrupt! -- Chapter 17. The HUMINT Side of Competitive Intelligence -- Chapter 18. Terrorist Threats South of the Border -- Chapter 19. Mexico Violence That Threatens Our Southern Border: Ripening Conditions for Escalated Terrorism Domestically and Internationally Imeediately South of the United States -- Chapter 20. Common Chemicals as Precursors in Constructing Improvised Explosive Devices: Tools for Located Bomb Makers and Their Clandestine Labs -- Chapter 21. Panopti(con): Art and the Aesthetics of Dissent.

Chapter 22. Policing the Future: Homeland Security and Terrorism: Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Terminator -- Index -- Back cover.

This volume brings together the work of academic researchers and law enforcement and intelligence personnel to present a sober appraisal of the issues surrounding the current state of our security infrastructure. Topics discussed include the history of terrorism and the rise of transnational anti-Western Islamism, progress made in protecting nations and individuals from terrorism, an analysis of a captured al-Qaeda training manual, suicide bombings, and political propaganda. The book also examines cooperative antiterrorism efforts among nations, insider threats, intelligence gathering, terrorist threats south of the border, and tools for locating bomb makers and clandestine labs.

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