Understanding global terror / edited by Christopher Ankersen with Michael O'Leary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ankersen, Christopher.

O'Leary, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Terrorists.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Physical Description:

xxx, 244 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2007.

Summary:

International terrorism and the "war" against it have come to define the age in which we live. The threat of terrorist attacks and the measures taken by governments around the world to prevent such atrocities are now part of our daily lives. But what exactly do we mean by global terrorism? Why does it occur? And, most importantly, what can be done about it?

This book explores global terror from a range of perspectives - from the impact of terrorism on the international system to the American "War on Terror" and the individual motivations of the suicide bomber. Core themes such as the funding of terrorist groups and the roles of intelligence gathering and international law in combating terrorism are fully explored. The volume also offers in-depth analyses of the relationship between globalization and terrorism, as well as regional and country-based responses to the rise of terrorist networks in Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Understanding Global Terror includes a thought-provoking preface by Philip Bobbitt, and contributions from Christopher Ankersen, Alexander Bialsky, James Boutilier, Chris Brown, Michael Cox, Lawrence Freedman, Margot Light, Christopher Mackmurdo, Kerry Lynn Nankivell, Martin Navias, Ami Pedahzur, Arie Perliger, Dinah PoKempner, Timothy Shaw, and William Wallace. Students and scholars of international politics, and conflict and security studies, as well as interested general readers, will find this an illuminating and timely book.

Contents:

2 Global Terror and the International Community / Chris Brown 17

3 Explaining Suicide Terrorism / Ami Pedahzur, Arie Perliger, Alexander Bialsky 37

4 The Imperial Republic in an Age of War: The United States from September 11 to Iraq / Michael Cox 57

5 Europe and the War on Terror / William Wallace 83

6 Russia and the War on Terrorism / Margot Light 95

7 Southeast Asia and Global Terror / Kerry Lynn Nankivell, James Boutilier 111

8 From Terrorism to Human Security in Africa / Timothy M. Shaw 130

9 Terrorism and International Law / Dinah PoKempner 151

10 Global Terror and International Finance in the Immediate Aftermath of 9/11 / Martin S. Navias 171

11 Intelligence and International Security after 9/11 / Christopher Mackmurdo 195

12 Globalization and the War against Terrorism / Lawrence Freedman 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745634593

0745634591

0745634605

9780745634609

OCLC:

156816341