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Understanding Terrorism
Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues

Eighth Edition
  • Gus Martin - California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA

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Terrorism | Terrorism

July 2024 | 696 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues offers a multidisciplinary, comprehensive exploration of domestic and international terrorism that helps students develop the knowledge and skills needed to critically assess the expressions and underlying causes of terrorism. Martin explores theory and provides in-depth analysis in an accessible, engaging manner that helps readers develop the knowledge and skills they need to engage meaningfully with this robust course. 
 
About the Author
 
Acknowledgments
 
Introduction and Rationale
 
Part I • Terrorism: A Conceptual Review
 
Chapter 1 • Terrorism: First Impressions
 
Chapter 2 • The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism
 
Chapter 3 • Beginnings: The Causes of Terrorism
 
Part II • Terrorist Environments and Typologies
 
Chapter 4 • Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State
 
Chapter 5 • Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents
 
Chapter 6 • Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism
 
Chapter 7 • Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and Right
 
Chapter 8 • Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism
 
Chapter 9 • Emerging Terrorist Environments: Gender-Selective Political Violence and Criminal Dissident Terrorism
 
Part III • The Terrorist Trade and Counterterrorism
 
Chapter 10 • Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists
 
Chapter 11 • The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence and the Role of the Media
 
Chapter 12 • The American Case: Terrorism in the United States
 
Chapter 13 • Counterterrorism: The Options
 
Part IV • Securing the Homeland
 
Chapter 14 • A New Era: Homeland Security
 
Chapter 15 • What Next?: The Future of Terrorism
 
Appendix A: Map References
 
Appendix B: Prominent Persons and Organizations
 
Appendix C: Two Thousand Years of Terror
 
Glossary
 
Notes
 
Index

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Clarence "Gus" A. Martin

Clarence Augustus “Gus” Martin is a Professor and founding Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice Administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he teaches courses on terrorism and extremism,  criminal law, and the criminal justice system. He has served as founding Director of the School of Public Service and Justice. He also served as Associate Vice President for Human Resources Management, Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, and Chair of the Department of Public Administration. He began his academic... More About Author

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ISBN: 9781071919934
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