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Book SynopsisUndoubtedly, the events of September 11, 2001 served as a wake-up call to the scourge of global terrorism facing twenty-first century societies. But was the attack on the World Trade Center a crime or an act of war? Is seemingly indiscriminate violence inflicted on civilians ever morally justified? And should society''s response always be in kind with blind, destructive violence? For that matter, are all civilians truly innocent'? The answers are not always so simple. Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Ethics and Liberal Democracy provides sobering analyses of the nature of terrorism and the moral justification or lack thereof of terrorist actions and counter-terrorism measures in today''s world. Utilizing a variety of thought-provoking philosophical arguments, the historic roots of terrorism and its contemporary incarnations are explored in depth. Detailed analyses of organizations such as the IRA, the ANC, Hamas and Al-Qaeda will reveal the many faces of terroTrade Review"Miller's approach is thematic, addressing questions of how to define terrorism, whether it can ever be justified, and, finally, whether terrorism should be fought through the police or the military, and whether to contemplate the use of interrogative torture. ...[H]is tone is...cautiously analytical throughout, eschewing any obvious sense of partisanship...[offering] a distinctive and important contribution to a range of debates on the ethics of terrorism and counterterrorism." (Christoper J. Finlay, Ethics and International Affairs, 24, no. 1, 2010). "[Miller's] book is seminal in its suggestion of re-establishing the political role of philosophical reason for dealing with the problems of our age." (Mehmet Ruhi Demiray, Political Studies Review, 2011, vol. 9) "Seumas Miller's book is entitled Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism but it is much more than its title suggests. It is best described as an astute examination of the different types of ‘unconventional political violence' that occur in our world. It provides useful discussions of political assassinations, targeted killings, torture, attacks on military personnel who do not perceive themselves to be at war, and more. Miller is especially concerned about the appropriate response to terrorism-whether it is fighting crime or engaging in war. He is also concerned with how liberal democracies can most effectively respond to terrorism without violating their most basic moral commitments. . . there is much in the book that can advance discussion of some of the most important issues facing Western liberal democracies." (Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 12 May 2011) "Seumas Miller has written a first-rate book. It is the only philosophical treatment of the ethics of terrorism that takes counter-terrorism seriously. Building on his extensive work in police ethics, Miller refocuses the debate about terrorism in light of the kind of procedures that police and the military employ to stop it. It greatly contributes to enlarging the growing debates about the appropriate moral response to terrorism.’– Larry May, Washington University in St Louis 'Miller's book is a serious invitation to think again through complex issues, about whether terrorism is ever justifiable, about the "police" versus "war" paradigms of counter-terrorism, and about torture... In general, Miller's mode of argument is pleasingly generous, pointing out difficulties and counter-arguments along the way." The GuardianTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The Varieties of Terrorism. Al-Qaeda. Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict. Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism and the IRA in Northern Ireland. The African National Congress’s Armed Struggle in Apartheid South Africa. Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in India. Conclusion. 2. Defining Terrorism. The Definition of Terrorism in Terms of Innocents. The Definition of Terrorism in Terms of Non-Combatants. Terrorism, Combatants and Authoritarian States. The Definition of Terrorism: An Indirect Strategy. Conclusion. 3. Terrorism and Collective Responsibility. Moral Justification for the Use of Deadly Force. Civilian Immunity and Human Rights Violations. Civilian Immunity and Culpable Omissions. Terrorism and Non-Violent Rights Violators. Conclusion. 4. Terrorism-as-Crime. Terrorism-as-Crime. Terrorism-as-Crime and Police Institutions. Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights in Liberal Democracies at Peace. Conclusion. 5. Terrorism, War and States of Emergency. Terrorist Attacks, Disasters and States of Emergency. Terrorism, Internal Armed Struggles and Theatres of War. Targeted Killings. Targeted Killings and the Problem of Dirty Hands. Conclusion. 6. Torture. Definition of Torture. What Is Wrong with Torture?. The Moral Justification for One-Off Acts of Torture in Emergencies. The Moral Justification for Legalized and Institutionalized Torture. Conclusion. 7. Bioterrorism and the Dual-Use Dilemma. The Biological Weapons Convention. Experiments of Concern. Dual-Use Research: The Ethical Issues. Dissemination of Dual-Use Research Results. The Regulation of Dual-Use Research. An Independent Authority. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely exploration and re-assessment of Canada's approach to strategic affairs offers a diverse set of nuanced, sometimes controversial, and always insightful perspectives on the most pressing security challenges that Canada currently faces.Table of ContentsContents Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction David S. McDonough Part One: A Framework for National Security 1: The Need for a Canadian Grand Strategy Charles F. Doran and David Pratt 2: Canada's National and International Security Interests Don Macnamara 3: The Balance of Freedoms: A Fresh Strategic Framework Hugh D. Segal Part Two: The Home Front 4: Defence Procurement and Industry Craig Stone 5: Homeland Security and Defence in the Post-9/11 Era Elinor Sloan 6: Continental Defence: "Like farmers whose lands have a common concession line" Joseph T. Jockel and Joel J. Sokolsky Part Three: Regions and Players of Interest 7: NATO and the EU: Canada's Security Interests in Europe and Beyond Alexander Moens 8: Shift to the Pacific: Canada's Security Interests and Maritime Strategy in East Asia Thomas Adams 9: South Asia: Growing Risks, Growing Importance and Canada's Evolving Role Douglas Goold Part Four: Expeditionary Missions and the Future of the CF 10: From Paardeberg to Panjwai: Canadian National Interests in Expeditionary Operations David J. Bercuson and J. L. Granatstein 11: Stabilization Operations in Afghanistan and in the Future: The Need for a Strategic Canadian Approach Ann M. Fitz-Gerald Part Five: Issues, Risks and Threats 12: Canada's Defence and Security Policies after 2011: Missions, Means and Money Douglas L. Bland and Brian MacDonald 13: WMD Proliferation, Missile Defence and Outer Space: A Canadian Perspective James Fergusson and David S. McDonough 14: Counter-Capability and Counter-Motivation: A Counterterrorism Strategy for Canada Alex S. Wilner Conclusion David S. McDonough

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Book SynopsisThis timely exploration and re-assessment of Canada's approach to strategic affairs offers a diverse set of nuanced, sometimes controversial, and always insightful perspectives on the most pressing security challenges that Canada currently faces.Table of ContentsContents Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction David S. McDonough Part One: A Framework for National Security 1: The Need for a Canadian Grand Strategy Charles F. Doran and David Pratt 2: Canada's National and International Security Interests Don Macnamara 3: The Balance of Freedoms: A Fresh Strategic Framework Hugh D. Segal Part Two: The Home Front 4: Defence Procurement and Industry Craig Stone 5: Homeland Security and Defence in the Post-9/11 Era Elinor Sloan 6: Continental Defence: "Like farmers whose lands have a common concession line" Joseph T. Jockel and Joel J. Sokolsky Part Three: Regions and Players of Interest 7: NATO and the EU: Canada's Security Interests in Europe and Beyond Alexander Moens 8: Shift to the Pacific: Canada's Security Interests and Maritime Strategy in East Asia Thomas Adams 9: South Asia: Growing Risks, Growing Importance and Canada's Evolving Role Douglas Goold Part Four: Expeditionary Missions and the Future of the CF 10: From Paardeberg to Panjwai: Canadian National Interests in Expeditionary Operations David J. Bercuson and J. L. Granatstein 11: Stabilization Operations in Afghanistan and in the Future: The Need for a Strategic Canadian Approach Ann M. Fitz-Gerald Part Five: Issues, Risks and Threats 12: Canada's Defence and Security Policies after 2011: Missions, Means and Money Douglas L. Bland and Brian MacDonald 13: WMD Proliferation, Missile Defence and Outer Space: A Canadian Perspective James Fergusson and David S. McDonough 14: Counter-Capability and Counter-Motivation: A Counterterrorism Strategy for Canada Alex S. Wilner Conclusion David S. McDonough

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Book SynopsisIn this important new book, Douglas Little explores the political and cultural turmoil that led US policy makers to shift their attention from containing the “Red Threat” of international communism to combatting the “Green Threat” of radical Islam after 1989. Little analyzes America's confrontation with Islamic extremism through the traditional ideological framework of “us versus them”.

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Book SynopsisJohn Bodnar's compelling history shifts the focus on America's War on Terror from the battlefield to the arena of political and cultural conflict, revealing how fierce debates over the war are inseparable from debates about the meaning of patriotism itself.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on thousands of pages of declassified FBI documents, Daniel Chard shows how America's war with domestic guerillas during the Nixon presidency prompted a host of new policing measures as the FBI revived illegal spy techniques previously used against communists in the name of fighting terrorism.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCases in which terrorists are residents or citizens of the targeted country (‘homegrown’ terrorists) complicate the dominant perception of terrorists as malevolent foreigners, says Szpunar. He looks at how issues of identity intersect with received understandings of terrorism and how to fight it, using case studies such as the Boston Marathon bombing. -- Survival

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Book SynopsisAn insightful study of how identity is mobilized in and for war in the face of homegrown terrorism. You are either with us, or against us is the refrain that captures the spirit of the global war on terror. Images of the them implied in this war crydistinct foreign othersinundate Americans on hit television shows, Hollywood blockbusters, and nightly news. However, in this book, Piotr Szpunar tells the story of a fuzzier image: the homegrown terrorist, a foe that blends into the crowd, who Americans are told looks, talks, and acts like us. Homegrown delves into the dynamics of domestic counterterrorism, revealing the complications that arise when the terrorist threat involves Americans, both residents and citizens, who have taken up arms against their own country. Szpunar examines the ways in which identities are blurred in the war on terror, amid debates concerning who is the real terrorist. He considers cases ranging from the white supremacist Sikh Temple sTrade ReviewCases in which terrorists are residents or citizens of the targeted country (‘homegrown’ terrorists) complicate the dominant perception of terrorists as malevolent foreigners, says Szpunar. He looks at how issues of identity intersect with received understandings of terrorism and how to fight it, using case studies such as the Boston Marathon bombing. -- Survival

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Book SynopsisMany of the world''s statesfrom Algeria to Ireland to the United Statesare the result of robust national movements that achieved independence. Many other national movements have failed in their attempts to achieve statehood, including the Basques, the Kurds, and the Palestinians. In Rebel Power, Peter Krause offers a powerful new theory to explain this variation focusing on the internal balance of power among nationalist groups, who cooperate with each other to establish a new state while simultaneously competing to lead it. The most powerful groups push to achieve states while they are in position to rule them, whereas weaker groups unlikely to gain the spoils of office are likely to become spoilers, employing risky, escalatory violence to forestall victory while they improve their position in the movement hierarchy. Hegemonic movements with one dominant group are therefore more likely to achieve statehood than internally competitive, fragmented movements due to their greateTrade ReviewEmpirically rich and logically rigorous, Krause's original approach will attract a lot of attention from scholars of nationalism and insurgency. * Choice *Brings together theoretical insights about intermovement dynamics, as well as detailed analyses of four national movements.... This work builds upon several recent contributions in the area of conflict studies. * Perspectives on Politics *A rare combination of elegant theorizing and rich empirical analysis, which will no doubt influence scholars' and policymakers' thinking for years to come. * Political Science Quarterly *Table of Contents1. Power, Violence, and Victory2. Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win3. The Palestinian National Movement: The Sisyphean Tragedy of Fragmentation4. The Zionist Movement: Victory Hanging in the Balance5. The Algerian National Movement: The Long, Bloody March to Hegemony6. The Irish National Movement: Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit7. The Politics of National Movements and the Future of Rebel Power

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Book SynopsisMany of the world''s statesfrom Algeria to Ireland to the United Statesare the result of robust national movements that achieved independence. Many other national movements have failed in their attempts to achieve statehood, including the Basques, the Kurds, and the Palestinians. In Rebel Power, Peter Krause offers a powerful new theory to explain this variation focusing on the internal balance of power among nationalist groups, who cooperate with each other to establish a new state while simultaneously competing to lead it. The most powerful groups push to achieve states while they are in position to rule them, whereas weaker groups unlikely to gain the spoils of office are likely to become spoilers, employing risky, escalatory violence to forestall victory while they improve their position in the movement hierarchy. Hegemonic movements with one dominant group are therefore more likely to achieve statehood than internally competitive, fragmented movements due to their greateTrade ReviewEmpirically rich and logically rigorous, Krause's original approach will attract a lot of attention from scholars of nationalism and insurgency. * Choice *Brings together theoretical insights about intermovement dynamics, as well as detailed analyses of four national movements.... This work builds upon several recent contributions in the area of conflict studies. * Perspectives on Politics *A rare combination of elegant theorizing and rich empirical analysis, which will no doubt influence scholars' and policymakers' thinking for years to come. * Political Science Quarterly *Table of Contents1. Power, Violence, and Victory2. Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win3. The Palestinian National Movement: The Sisyphean Tragedy of Fragmentation4. The Zionist Movement: Victory Hanging in the Balance5. The Algerian National Movement: The Long, Bloody March to Hegemony6. The Irish National Movement: Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit7. The Politics of National Movements and the Future of Rebel Power

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Book SynopsisWhy do hard-line terrorists decide to leave their organizations and quit the world of terror and destruction? This is the question for which Julie Chernov Hwang seeks answers in Why Terrorists Quit.Over the course of six years Chernov Hwang conducted more than one hundred interviews with current and former leaders and followers of radical Islamist groups in Indonesia. Using what she learned from these radicals she examines the reasons they rejected physical force and extremist ideology, slowly moving away from, or in some cases completely leaving, groups such as Jemaah Islamiyah, Mujahidin KOMPAK, Ring Banten, Laskar Jihad, and Tanah Runtuh. Why Terrorists Quit considers the impact of various public initiatives designed to encourage radicals to disengage, and follows the lives of five radicals from the various groups, seeking to establish trends, ideas, and reasons for why radicals might eschew violence or quit terrorism.Chernov Hwang has, with this book,Trade ReviewIn contrast with studies of terrorism based on group-level inferences, Hwang’s study derives from interviews with 55 Indonesians who quit. Their stories offer telling insights into the motivations that foster and sustain terrorism. * Choice *An important contribution to the theoretical literature as well as to country case studies on the factors involved in de-radicalization and disengagement from terrorism. * Perspectives on Terrorism *The book itself is one of the better expositions on terrorism, being expressed in clear, non-judgmental terms.... Chernov Hwang's book should be required reading for all who have a professional interest in combating violent extremism... * PACIFIC AFFAIRS *[French language review] * Études internationales *Why Terrorists Quit provides the field with unique insights into the disengagement process based on primary source information on groups that fall outside the focus of mainstream terrorism studies. The insights provided in the book not only inform our understanding of the disengagement process but also provide a solid foundation for future research on the links between radicalization, disengagement, and reintegration. * Terrorism and Political Violence *Table of ContentsPreface Timeline Introduction 1. The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of Jemaah Islamiyah 2. Patterns of Disengagement 3. Anas 4. B.R. 5. Ali Imron 6. Ali Fauzi 7. Yuda 8. The Role of the State and Civil Society in Disengagement Initiatives Conclusion Notes Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. The Fall and Rise of Nonstate Violence 2. Coherence and Contestation: Explaining International Normative Change 3. Partisans, Liberators, and Militias: Normative Change and the Legitimization of Nonstate Violence 4. One Man's Freedom Fighter? Normative Change and the Geopolitical Construction of Terrorism 5. From Soldiers of Fortune to Fortune 500: Normative Contestation and the Return of Entrepreneurial Violence 6. What's at Stake? The Implications of Nonstate Actor Violence

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Book SynopsisOne of the central pillars of US counterterrorism policy is that capturing or killing a terrorist group's leader is effective. Yet this pillar rests more on a foundation of faith than facts. In Leadership Decapitation, Jenna Jordan examines over a thousand instances of leadership targeting—involving groups such as Hamas, al Qaeda, Shining Path, and ISIS—to identify the successes, failures, and unintended consequences of this strategy. As Jordan demonstrates, group infrastructure, ideology, and popular support all play a role in determining how and why leadership decapitation succeeds or fails. Taking heed of these conditions is essential to an effective counterterrorism policy going forward.Trade Review"Jenna Jordan's outstanding analysis bucks the prevailing view that we can kill our way to the end of Islamist terrorism. She skillfully demonstrates how targeting hundreds of terrorist leaders can be a short-term tactic with deep strategic drawbacks. Ever wondered why, decades later, the United States is still fighting an interminable 'global war on terrorism'? Read this excellent book."—Audrey Kurth Cronin, American University"Jenna Jordan has written a superb book about the consequences of decapitating the leadership of terrorist organizations. She provides a neat theory and an abundance of evidence, which together make a compelling case that successful decapitation rarely harms the organization itself, and that includes the two groups the United States cares the most about: al-Qaeda and ISIS."—John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago"This timely book lends convincing and important evidence to the leadership decapitation debate. Jenna Jordan exposes the need for a comprehensive strategy if we are to successfully defeat terrorist organizations."—Ali Soufan, Chief Executive Officer of The Soufan Group, Founder of The Soufan Center, and former FBI supervisory special agent"Jordon's study will be important for those studying or involved in making political policy. Highly recommended."—D. McIntosh, CHOICE"Jordan's book is a major contribution to the literature, and she should be recognized for her valuable research and commitment to bringing empirical evidence to bear on such a hotly contested issue. She deftly illustrates that removing high-value targets is not a panacea and, as the central focus of her book, examines when decapitation works, when it does not, and what accounts for variation across cases."—Colin Clarke, War on the RocksTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. A Theory of Organizational Resilience 3. Hypotheses on Leadership Decapitation 4. Is Leadership Decapitation Effective? 5. Hamas: Bureaucracy, Social Services, and Local Support 6. The Shining Path: The Organization and Support of a Left-Wing Group 7. Al-Qaeda: Religious Ideology and Organizational Resilience 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAmerica's war on terror is widely defined by the Afghanistan and Iraq fronts. Yet, as this book demonstrates, both the international campaign and the new ways of fighting that grew out of it played out across multiple fronts beyond the Middle East. Maria Ryan explores how secondary fronts in the Philippines, sub-Saharan Africa, Georgia, and the Caspian Sea Basin became key test sites for developing what the Department of Defense called "full spectrum dominance": mastery across the entire range of possible conflict, from conventional through irregular warfare. Full Spectrum Dominance is the first sustained historical examination of the secondary fronts in the war on terror. It explores whether irregular warfare has been effective in creating global stability or if new terrorist groups have emerged in response to the intervention. As the U.S. military, Department of Defense, White House, and State Department have increasingly turned to irregular capabilities and objectives, understanding the underlying causes as well as the effects of the quest for full spectrum dominance become ever more important. The development of irregular strategies has left a deeply ambiguous and concerning global legacy.Trade Review"Maria Ryan has made an important contribution to the literature on counterinsurgency by showing that so-called peripheral theaters in the Global War on Terror were in fact central to the evolution of American thinking on irregular war. Her thoughtful analysis illuminates how U.S. ambitions for global 'full spectrum dominance' foundered on the realities of local conflicts that were poorly understood in Washington."—David Fitzgerald, University College Cork"Maria Ryan has provided us with a tour-de-force treatise on how the United States reoriented itself to the demands of fighting irregular war in the post 9/11 era. In unhurried, clear and concise prose, she has provided a definitive political and military history of how the country gradually descended down the slippery slope of into a series of unwinnable, ill-advised wars thousands of miles from home in which no amount of tactical and operational proficiency could deliver victory."—James Russell, Naval Postgraduate School"This well-written and tightly organized book...covers an important topic of American foreign policy: evolving US responses to global terrorism during recent administrations....[It] closes with a well-reasoned conclusion, supported by extensive notes and an index. Recommended."—M. A. Morris, CHOICE"Ryan offers an important contribution to the study of warfare, military intervention, and diplomacy in the twenty-first century...the policy implications of this book are noteworthy."—Matthew Timmerman, H-Diplo"Ryan has refocused attention away from the quagmires of Afghanistan and Iraq and turned our eyes instead to the Southern Philippines archipelago, the empty quarters of Mali and Niger, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Caspian basin. In so doing, she illustrates how the events of 9/11 turbocharged the Bush regime's aspiration to supplement America's dominance in its conventional and nuclear capabilities by achieving 'full-spectrum dominance' in all forms of warfare."—Christian Tripodi, War in History

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Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK / TOP 10 RECOMMENDED READ Two experts of extremist radicalization take us down the QAnon rabbit hole, exposing how the conspiracy theory ensnared countless Americans, and show us a way back to sanity. In January 2021, thousands descended on the U.S. Capitol to aid President Donald Trump in combating a shadowy cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles. Two women were among those who died that day. They, like millions of Americans, believed that a mysterious insider known as "Q" is exposing a vast deep-state conspiracy. The QAnon conspiracy theory has ensnared many women, who identify as members of "pastel QAnon," answering the call to "save the children." With Pastels and Pedophiles, Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko explain why the rise of QAnon should not surprise us: believers have been manipulated to follow the baseless conspiracy. The authors track QAnon's unexpected leap from the darkest corners of the Internet to the filtered glow of yogi-mama Instagram, a frenzy fed by the COVID-19 pandemic that supercharged conspiracy theories and spurred a fresh wave of Q-inspired violence. Pastels and Pedophiles connects the dots for readers, showing how a conspiracy theory with its roots in centuries-old anti-Semitic hate has adapted to encompass local grievances and has metastasized around the globe—appealing to a wide range of alienated people who feel that something is not quite right in the world around them. While QAnon claims to hate Hollywood, the book demonstrates how much of Q's mythology is ripped from movie and television plot lines. Finally, Pastels and Pedophiles lays out what can be done about QAnon's corrosive effect on society, to bring Q followers out of the rabbit hole and back into the light. Trade Review"A revealing—and disturbing—analysis of a dangerous threat to American democracy." —Kirkus Reviews"Pastels and Pedophiles is a primer on one of the knottiest subjects of our time, and it will surely be helpful to uninitiated readers."—Seyward Darby, New York Times"Experts on fringe movements (Bloom is a political scientist, Moskalenko a psychologist), the authors describe an entity that is at once a cult, a scam and a useful tool for the political Right."—Roger Atwood, Times Literary Supplement"Pastels and Pedophiles... does particularly important work contextualizing QAnon within a longer history of anti-Semitic conspiratorial thinking, detailing linkages between key aspects of QAnon beliefs and anti-Semitic thinking, comparingThe Protocols of the Elders of Zionwith fake news or blood libel with adrenochrome harvesting. Such historical comparisons are interesting for thinking through some of the underlying ideological dynamics within QAnon."—Matthew N. Hannah Criminal Law & Criminal Justice Books"Pastels and Pedophiles is a great book for anyone seeking a basic, reliable introduction to the phenomenon of QAnon."—R. Fritze, CHOICE"Pastels and Pedophiles takes the reader on a wild ride through the world of QAnon and its adherents and raises some important questions and points on what can be done to minimize its impact and dismantle the movement in a post-January 6th world."—Stephanie J. Richmond, H-War"Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko's new bookPastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnonoffers a more sober and well-researched account of the movement. This is a good starting place for anyone looking for an overview of all things Q. ... Bloom and Moskalenko's examination of the gender politics of QAnon, including its special appeal for mothers struggling through COVID-19 lockdowns, is especially powerful."—Jordan S. Carroll, Los Angeles Review of Books"Pastels and Pedophiles is an indispensable study of all aspects of the QAnon conspiracy theories for scholars studying and teaching about the movement."—Catherine Wessinger, Nova Religio"[Bloom and Moskalenko] successfully illustrate how the fragmented and constantly morphing nature of the QAnon ideology, a tendency for believers to selectively opt-in to its tenets, and a lack of leadership structure mark it apart from other movements.... Pastels and Pedophiles could be an accessible resource for the public seeking to educate themselves on QAnon or help afflicted peers. It could equally be a useful foundational text for researchers as it suggests many avenues and areas for further study."—Louisa Rogers, Critical Studies on Terrorism

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Book SynopsisThe Invention of Terrorism in France, 1904-1939 investigates the political and social imaginaries of "terrorism" in the early twentieth century. Chris Millington traces the development of how the French conceived of terrorism, from the late nineteenth-century notion that terrorism was the deed of the mad anarchist bomber, to the fraught political clashes of the 1930s when terrorism came to be understood as a political act perpetrated against French interests by organized international movements. Through a close analysis of a series of terrorist incidents and representations thereof in public discourse and the press, the book argues that contemporary ideas of terrorism in France as "unFrench"—that is, contrary to the ideas and values, however defined, that make up "Frenchness"—emerged in the interwar years and subsequently took root long before the terrorist campaigns of Algerian nationalists during the 1950s and 1960s. Millington conceptualizes "terrorism" not only as the act itself, but also as a political and cultural construction of violence composed from a variety of discourses and deployed in particular circumstances by commentators, witnesses, and perpetrators. In doing so, he argues that the political and cultural battles inherent to perceptions of terrorism lay bare numerous concerns, not least anxieties over immigration, antiparliamentarianism, representations of gender, and the future of European peace.Trade Review"Historical works tied to empirical research are limited in the field of terrorism studies. Chris Millington remedies this omission with a superb exploration of the culture of terrorism and its representations in late Third Republic France."—Annette Finley-Croswhite, Old Dominion University"The Invention of Terrorism in France, 1904–1939 is a brilliant, original and much needed piece of terrorism history. Meticulously researched, expertly analyzed, and told with a novelist's flair, it is sure to become a classic."—Richard Jackson, The University of Otago, New Zealand"This engrossing book offers a brilliant new perspective on the cultural construction of terrorism in not only France but worldwide. In part a riveting detective story, it unpeels layers of media and political obfuscation to reveal the truth behind the motivations of little-known, but very consequential, assassins and bomb throwers."—Richard Bach Jensen, Northwestern State University of LouisianaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Cultures of Terrorism 1. Made in Russia: Emerging Perceptions of Terrorism Before the Great War 2. The Anarchist and the Tiger: Emile Cottin and the Shooting of Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, February 1919 3. The Giant Assassin: Paul Gorguloff and the Killing of President Paul Doumer, May 1932 4. Killing a King: The Assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, October 1934 5. Bombings, Piracy, and Kidnapping: Terrorism in France During 1937 Conclusion: Terror in the Dark Years, 1940–1944

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Book SynopsisThe Invention of Terrorism in France, 1904-1939 investigates the political and social imaginaries of "terrorism" in the early twentieth century. Chris Millington traces the development of how the French conceived of terrorism, from the late nineteenth-century notion that terrorism was the deed of the mad anarchist bomber, to the fraught political clashes of the 1930s when terrorism came to be understood as a political act perpetrated against French interests by organized international movements. Through a close analysis of a series of terrorist incidents and representations thereof in public discourse and the press, the book argues that contemporary ideas of terrorism in France as "unFrench"—that is, contrary to the ideas and values, however defined, that make up "Frenchness"—emerged in the interwar years and subsequently took root long before the terrorist campaigns of Algerian nationalists during the 1950s and 1960s. Millington conceptualizes "terrorism" not only as the act itself, but also as a political and cultural construction of violence composed from a variety of discourses and deployed in particular circumstances by commentators, witnesses, and perpetrators. In doing so, he argues that the political and cultural battles inherent to perceptions of terrorism lay bare numerous concerns, not least anxieties over immigration, antiparliamentarianism, representations of gender, and the future of European peace.Trade Review"Historical works tied to empirical research are limited in the field of terrorism studies. Chris Millington remedies this omission with a superb exploration of the culture of terrorism and its representations in late Third Republic France."—Annette Finley-Croswhite, Old Dominion University"The Invention of Terrorism in France, 1904–1939 is a brilliant, original and much needed piece of terrorism history. Meticulously researched, expertly analyzed, and told with a novelist's flair, it is sure to become a classic."—Richard Jackson, The University of Otago, New Zealand"This engrossing book offers a brilliant new perspective on the cultural construction of terrorism in not only France but worldwide. In part a riveting detective story, it unpeels layers of media and political obfuscation to reveal the truth behind the motivations of little-known, but very consequential, assassins and bomb throwers."—Richard Bach Jensen, Northwestern State University of LouisianaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Cultures of Terrorism 1. Made in Russia: Emerging Perceptions of Terrorism Before the Great War 2. The Anarchist and the Tiger: Emile Cottin and the Shooting of Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, February 1919 3. The Giant Assassin: Paul Gorguloff and the Killing of President Paul Doumer, May 1932 4. Killing a King: The Assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, October 1934 5. Bombings, Piracy, and Kidnapping: Terrorism in France During 1937 Conclusion: Terror in the Dark Years, 1940–1944

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Book SynopsisWhat is it that leaves us shell shocked in the face of the massacres carried out in New York on 9/11 or in Paris on 13 November 2015? How are we to explain the intensity of the reaction to the attacks on Charlie Hebdo? Answering these questions involves trying to understand what a society goes through when it is subjected to the ordeal of terrorist attacks. And it impels us to try to explain why millions of people feel so concerned and shaken by them, even when they do not have a direct connection with any of the victims. In Shell Shocked, sociologist Gérôme Truc sheds new light on these events, returning to the ways in which ordinary individuals lived through and responded to the attacks of 9/11, of 11 March 2004 in Madrid and 7 July 2005 in London. Analysing political language and media images, demonstrations of solidarity and minutes of silence, as well as the tens of thousands of messages addressed to the victims, his investigation brings about the complexity of our feelings about the Islamists' attacks. It also uncovers the sources of the solidarity that, in our individualistic societies, ultimately finds expression in the first person singular rather than the first person plural: 'I am Charlie', 'I am Paris.' This timely and path-breaking book will appeal to students and scholars in sociology and politics and to anyone interested in understanding the impact of terrorism in contemporary societies.Trade Review"Truc's hermeneutic powers are extraordinary. He reveals the post-hoc framing process that transformed 9/11 from an event into a structure in the American and European collective consciousness. For example, he relates the immediate attribution of the 'war' frame to deep collective memories in the U.S. about Pearl Harbor, and he relativizes European understandings of subsequent terrorist events in the same way, demonstrating that they are interpretations based on analogical reasoning rather than explanations based on real experience. This book deserves to be read and discussed widely."—Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University "Sociology has an important contribution to make in helping us understand the impact of and social responses to terrorism in contemporary societies. Shell Shocked provides just such a contribution."—Dr Anne Eyre, The Sociological Review "Truc has provided a fascinating examination of a previously neglected area in which his penetrating intellectual insight and scholarly commentary will no doubt be much in demand following any future research he initiates."—The Muslim World Book ReviewTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Terrorist attacks as a test. Part I: What is happening to us. Chapter 1: Under attack. 9/11 live: accident, terrorist attack, or act of war? The view from Europe: from Western solidarity to a cosmopolitan perspective. Chapter 2: Experiencing your 'own' 9/11. 11 March attacks like a 'new 9/11'. 7 July 2005, a 'British 9/11?. Chapter 3: To show, or not to show, violence. The place of the dead. The ethics of iconographic decisions. Chapter 4: Demonstrating solidarity. The attacks as a 'time to demonstrate'. Why demonstrate after an attack? Chapter 5: Observing silence. A ritual of collective mourning. A problem of moral equivalence. Part II: What touches us. Chapter 6: Terrorist attacks and their publics. From written reactions to the concerned publics. In what capacity an attack concerns us. Chapter 7: The meanings of 'we'. Above and below the level of the nation. World cities and the test of terrorism. Chapter 8: The values at stake. Reactions to terrorist attacks as value judgments. The banal pacifism of the Europeans. Chapter 9: The attacks in persons. The singularization of the victims. Reacting as a singular person. Chapter 10: Solidarity in the singular. The attachment to place. The coincidence of dates. The homology of experiences. Conclusion: 'There's something of Charlie in all of us'. Selective bibliography. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisWhat is it that leaves us shell shocked in the face of the massacres carried out in New York on 9/11 or in Paris on 13 November 2015? How are we to explain the intensity of the reaction to the attacks on Charlie Hebdo? Answering these questions involves trying to understand what a society goes through when it is subjected to the ordeal of terrorist attacks. And it impels us to try to explain why millions of people feel so concerned and shaken by them, even when they do not have a direct connection with any of the victims. In Shell Shocked, sociologist Gérôme Truc sheds new light on these events, returning to the ways in which ordinary individuals lived through and responded to the attacks of 9/11, of 11 March 2004 in Madrid and 7 July 2005 in London. Analysing political language and media images, demonstrations of solidarity and minutes of silence, as well as the tens of thousands of messages addressed to the victims, his investigation brings about the complexity of our feelings about the Islamists' attacks. It also uncovers the sources of the solidarity that, in our individualistic societies, ultimately finds expression in the first person singular rather than the first person plural: 'I am Charlie', 'I am Paris.' This timely and path-breaking book will appeal to students and scholars in sociology and politics and to anyone interested in understanding the impact of terrorism in contemporary societies.Trade Review"Truc's hermeneutic powers are extraordinary. He reveals the post-hoc framing process that transformed 9/11 from an event into a structure in the American and European collective consciousness. For example, he relates the immediate attribution of the 'war' frame to deep collective memories in the U.S. about Pearl Harbor, and he relativizes European understandings of subsequent terrorist events in the same way, demonstrating that they are interpretations based on analogical reasoning rather than explanations based on real experience. This book deserves to be read and discussed widely."—Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University "Sociology has an important contribution to make in helping us understand the impact of and social responses to terrorism in contemporary societies. Shell Shocked provides just such a contribution."—Dr Anne Eyre, The Sociological Review "Truc has provided a fascinating examination of a previously neglected area in which his penetrating intellectual insight and scholarly commentary will no doubt be much in demand following any future research he initiates."—The Muslim World Book ReviewTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Terrorist attacks as a test. Part I: What is happening to us. Chapter 1: Under attack. 9/11 live: accident, terrorist attack, or act of war? The view from Europe: from Western solidarity to a cosmopolitan perspective. Chapter 2: Experiencing your 'own' 9/11. 11 March attacks like a 'new 9/11'. 7 July 2005, a 'British 9/11?. Chapter 3: To show, or not to show, violence. The place of the dead. The ethics of iconographic decisions. Chapter 4: Demonstrating solidarity. The attacks as a 'time to demonstrate'. Why demonstrate after an attack? Chapter 5: Observing silence. A ritual of collective mourning. A problem of moral equivalence. Part II: What touches us. Chapter 6: Terrorist attacks and their publics. From written reactions to the concerned publics. In what capacity an attack concerns us. Chapter 7: The meanings of 'we'. Above and below the level of the nation. World cities and the test of terrorism. Chapter 8: The values at stake. Reactions to terrorist attacks as value judgments. The banal pacifism of the Europeans. Chapter 9: The attacks in persons. The singularization of the victims. Reacting as a singular person. Chapter 10: Solidarity in the singular. The attachment to place. The coincidence of dates. The homology of experiences. Conclusion: 'There's something of Charlie in all of us'. Selective bibliography. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisFrom Paris to San Bernardino, Barcelona to Manchester, home-grown terrorism is among the most urgent challenges confronting Western nations. Attempts to understand jihadism have typically treated it as a form of political violence or religious conflict. However, the closer we get to the actual people involved in radicalization, the more problematic these explanations become. In this fascinating book, Kevin McDonald shows that the term radicalization unifies what are in fact very different experiences. These new violent actors, whether they travelled to Syria or killed at home, range from former drug dealers and gang members to students and professionals, mothers with young children and schoolgirls. This innovative book sets out to explore radicalization not as something done to people but as something produced by active participants, attempting to make sense of themselves and their world. In doing so, McDonald offers powerful portraits of the immersive worlds of social media so fundamental to present-day radicalization. Radicalization offers a bold new way of understanding the contemporary allure of jihad and, in the process, important directions in responding to it.Trade Review"The most important contribution of Kevin McDonald's new book is his illumination of the variety and complexity of individual pathways to so-called jihadism. These pathways do not evince a simple embrace of religious fundamentalism or violent nihilism, or a reaction to Western imperialism, or any kind of indoctrination. And the pathways are not always clearly marked out in advance, but are actively made, at least in part, by the individuals themselves. Anyone who wants to understand how a startlingly wide range of individuals has come to support jihadism should read this book."—Jeff Goodwin, New York University "Professor Kevin McDonald's new book is an incisive interdisciplinary contribution furthering our understanding of radicalization processes through a sociology of experience perspective. Based on extensive field interviews with extremists and social media profiles of foreign terrorist fighters, this book focus on how extremists experience reality and how they respond to it. Anyone who seriously wants to understand violent extremism must read this book. Also policymakers need to pay attention as it has huge policy implications how we approach prevention work and strategies."—Dr Magnus Ranstorp is Quality Manager of the EU Radicalization Awareness Network - Centre of Excellence. He also leads all terrorism and extremism research at the Swedish Defense University "Radicalization offers an accessible, rich account of the lived experience of radicalization. It encourages readers to carefully consider the processes through which some individuals make sense of fear, suffering, hostility, and, at times, the fun in being transgressive by adopting distinctive conceptual frameworks—frameworks that may lead to supporting jihadism and violence."—Social Forces "Radicalization undoubtedly adds an original and important perspective to the current debate on radicalization."—American Journal of Sociology "The essential merit of this book is to break with the paradigm of 'indoctrination of young victims'. This work paves the way for a much more complex approach to radicalization based more on the idea of active transformation of actors displaying a desire for political and moral change."—Revue française de sociologie "[A] fascinating read […] The second chapter is a particularly brilliant piece of digital ethnography[. McDonald's book] undoubtedly adds an original and important perspective to the current debate on radicalization."—American Journal of SociologyTable of Contents1. Rethinking Radicalization 2. Distant Suffering 3. DIY Religion: hidden worlds, from fear to bliss 4. Mediating Violence: filming the self 5. From Drug Dealer to Jihadist 6. The Gamification of Jihad: the cyber-caliphate 7. My Concern is Me 8. Radicalization: experience, embodiment and imagination Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFrom Paris to San Bernardino, Barcelona to Manchester, home-grown terrorism is among the most urgent challenges confronting Western nations. Attempts to understand jihadism have typically treated it as a form of political violence or religious conflict. However, the closer we get to the actual people involved in radicalization, the more problematic these explanations become. In this fascinating book, Kevin McDonald shows that the term radicalization unifies what are in fact very different experiences. These new violent actors, whether they travelled to Syria or killed at home, range from former drug dealers and gang members to students and professionals, mothers with young children and schoolgirls. This innovative book sets out to explore radicalization not as something done to people but as something produced by active participants, attempting to make sense of themselves and their world. In doing so, McDonald offers powerful portraits of the immersive worlds of social media so fundamental to present-day radicalization. Radicalization offers a bold new way of understanding the contemporary allure of jihad and, in the process, important directions in responding to it.Trade Review"The most important contribution of Kevin McDonald's new book is his illumination of the variety and complexity of individual pathways to so-called jihadism. These pathways do not evince a simple embrace of religious fundamentalism or violent nihilism, or a reaction to Western imperialism, or any kind of indoctrination. And the pathways are not always clearly marked out in advance, but are actively made, at least in part, by the individuals themselves. Anyone who wants to understand how a startlingly wide range of individuals has come to support jihadism should read this book."—Jeff Goodwin, New York University "Professor Kevin McDonald's new book is an incisive interdisciplinary contribution furthering our understanding of radicalization processes through a sociology of experience perspective. Based on extensive field interviews with extremists and social media profiles of foreign terrorist fighters, this book focus on how extremists experience reality and how they respond to it. Anyone who seriously wants to understand violent extremism must read this book. Also policymakers need to pay attention as it has huge policy implications how we approach prevention work and strategies."—Dr Magnus Ranstorp is Quality Manager of the EU Radicalization Awareness Network - Centre of Excellence. He also leads all terrorism and extremism research at the Swedish Defense University "Radicalization offers an accessible, rich account of the lived experience of radicalization. It encourages readers to carefully consider the processes through which some individuals make sense of fear, suffering, hostility, and, at times, the fun in being transgressive by adopting distinctive conceptual frameworks—frameworks that may lead to supporting jihadism and violence."—Social Forces "Radicalization undoubtedly adds an original and important perspective to the current debate on radicalization."—American Journal of Sociology "The essential merit of this book is to break with the paradigm of 'indoctrination of young victims'. This work paves the way for a much more complex approach to radicalization based more on the idea of active transformation of actors displaying a desire for political and moral change."—Revue française de sociologie "[A] fascinating read […] The second chapter is a particularly brilliant piece of digital ethnography[. McDonald's book] undoubtedly adds an original and important perspective to the current debate on radicalization."—American Journal of SociologyTable of Contents1. Rethinking Radicalization 2. Distant Suffering 3. DIY Religion: hidden worlds, from fear to bliss 4. Mediating Violence: filming the self 5. From Drug Dealer to Jihadist 6. The Gamification of Jihad: the cyber-caliphate 7. My Concern is Me 8. Radicalization: experience, embodiment and imagination Bibliography

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Book SynopsisSince 2012, hundreds of men and women have left Western countries to join jihadist groups fighting in Syria. Many are still there, many have been killed, but some have chosen to return to their countries of origin. French Journalist David Thomson met some of those who came back. Bilel, Yassin, Zoubeir, Lena, each has a different profile and story. Some have returned disgusted by the violence of the Syrian battlefields, or the terrorist attacks that have struck across Europe; they try to become forgotten, living under extreme surveillance. Others return seriously wounded or psychologically destroyed. Others still are in jail, a breeding ground for broader radicalization. And some have come back to continue to carry out jihad in Europe. In utmost secrecy, David Thomson gathered their testimonies and recounts them in this remarkable and revealing book. With ISIS losing ground on all fronts, the steady flow of jihadists returning to Europe represents one of the greatest challenges facing countries across the continent. This nuanced analysis of the social, religious, political, familial and psychological factors that push people to violent extremism is more necessary now than ever. It will be essential reading for all those seeking to understand how we might address this threat.Trade Review"Thrilling... a major contribution to the debate."Financial Times"This season's publishing sensation."Le Figaro"A unique and illuminating work on this unsettling subject."Le Monde"France's favorite public intellectual."Foreign Policy“gripping”Spiked UK “It should be required reading for British politicians and police chiefs.”Gavin Mortimer, writer, historian and television consultant

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Book SynopsisWe are inclined to see terrorist attacks as an aberration, a violent incursion into our lives that bears no intrinsic relation to the fundamental features of modern societies. But does this view misconstrue the relationship between terror and modernity? In this book, philosopher Donatella Di Cesare takes a historical approach and argues that terror is not a new phenomenon, but rather one that has always been a key part of modernity. At its most basic level, terrorism is about the struggle for power and sovereignty. The growing concentration of power in the hands of the state, which is a constitutive feature of modern societies, sows the seeds of terrorism, which is deployed as a weapon by those who are exposed to the violence of the state and feel that they have no other recourse. As Di Cesare illustrates her argument with examples ranging from the Red Brigades and 9/11 to jihadism and ISIS, her sophisticated analysis will appeal to anyone who wishes to understand contemporary terrorism more deeply, as well as to students and scholars of philosophy and political theory.Trade Review“Donatella Di Cesare has written a deeply learned, passionate, and revelatory analysis of what is, in effect, a new form of human conflict. War is no longer territorial but global, fueled by a lack of concern for death. Its face is terrorism but, as she shows, its origins are latent in the political heritage of the West. This is a book that will change the way you think about our world.”Tracy B. Strong, University of Southampton “Donatella Di Cesare presents here a remarkable global cultural view of terrorism, which should appeal to many readers beyond the usual confines of terrorism studies, not least for its pungent account of the 'thanatopolitics' of jihadism.”Charles Townshend, Keele UniversityTable of Contents Chapter One. Planetary Terror 1. Bataclan 2. War on Terror 3. Global Civil War 4. The Bomb of Modernity 5. The Ghost of Bin Laden 6. Philosophies of Terrorism 7. Red Brigades, RAF, and the Impossible Exchange 8. The Absolute Weapon of One’s Own Death 9. Atmoterrorism: Auschwitz, Dresden, Hiroshima, etc. 10. Heidegger and the Ban of Existence from the Biosphere 11. The Monopoly of Negation 12. The Metaphysics of the Terrorist Attack Chapter Two. Terror, Revolution, Sovereignty 1. A Brand Name 2. Defusing Terrorism 3. Notes on Fear, Anxiety, and Terror 4. Revolutionary Terror is Not Terrorism 5. Are Terrorists Nihilists? 6. Why defend anarchists 7. Dostoyevski and the Terrorist within Me 8. Terror and Sovereignty: On Lenin 9. “Once Upon a Time There Was a Revolution” 10. The Partisan, the Guerrilla, the Terrorist Chapter Three. Jihadism and Modernity 1. Radicalization 2. The Political Theology of the Planetary Neo-caliphate 3. The Postmodern Horsemen of the Apocalypse 4. The Path to Terror 5. Cyberterrorism 6. Jihadist Thanathopolitics 7. Media, New Media, and Terror 8. The Car Bomb 9. Explosions, Massacres, Decapitations 10. Vulnerability, or Innocence Lost 11. The Negated Ethics of the Hostage 12. The Future in the Time of Terror Chapter Four. The New Phobocracy 1. Clash of Civilizations, Class Struggle, or “Holy” War? 2. The Offensive of Radicalized Secularism 3. Hermeneutics Counters Violence 4. Sedative or Stimulant? Religion According to Marx 5. The Left and Jihad 6. Spanish BrigadesÐSyrian Brigades 7. The Terrorism of Global Capitalism 8. Democracy Put to the Test by Anti-terrorism 9. Snowden: On Planetary Surveillance 10. The New Phobocracy Notes Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWe are inclined to see terrorist attacks as an aberration, a violent incursion into our lives that bears no intrinsic relation to the fundamental features of modern societies. But does this view misconstrue the relationship between terror and modernity? In this book, philosopher Donatella Di Cesare takes a historical approach and argues that terror is not a new phenomenon, but rather one that has always been a key part of modernity. At its most basic level, terrorism is about the struggle for power and sovereignty. The growing concentration of power in the hands of the state, which is a constitutive feature of modern societies, sows the seeds of terrorism, which is deployed as a weapon by those who are exposed to the violence of the state and feel that they have no other recourse. As Di Cesare illustrates her argument with examples ranging from the Red Brigades and 9/11 to jihadism and ISIS, her sophisticated analysis will appeal to anyone who wishes to understand contemporary terrorism more deeply, as well as to students and scholars of philosophy and political theory.Trade Review“Donatella Di Cesare has written a deeply learned, passionate, and revelatory analysis of what is, in effect, a new form of human conflict. War is no longer territorial but global, fueled by a lack of concern for death. Its face is terrorism but, as she shows, its origins are latent in the political heritage of the West. This is a book that will change the way you think about our world.”Tracy B. Strong, University of Southampton “Donatella Di Cesare presents here a remarkable global cultural view of terrorism, which should appeal to many readers beyond the usual confines of terrorism studies, not least for its pungent account of the 'thanatopolitics' of jihadism.”Charles Townshend, Keele UniversityTable of Contents Chapter One. Planetary Terror 1. Bataclan 2. War on Terror 3. Global Civil War 4. The Bomb of Modernity 5. The Ghost of Bin Laden 6. Philosophies of Terrorism 7. Red Brigades, RAF, and the Impossible Exchange 8. The Absolute Weapon of One’s Own Death 9. Atmoterrorism: Auschwitz, Dresden, Hiroshima, etc. 10. Heidegger and the Ban of Existence from the Biosphere 11. The Monopoly of Negation 12. The Metaphysics of the Terrorist Attack Chapter Two. Terror, Revolution, Sovereignty 1. A Brand Name 2. Defusing Terrorism 3. Notes on Fear, Anxiety, and Terror 4. Revolutionary Terror is Not Terrorism 5. Are Terrorists Nihilists? 6. Why defend anarchists 7. Dostoyevski and the Terrorist within Me 8. Terror and Sovereignty: On Lenin 9. “Once Upon a Time There Was a Revolution” 10. The Partisan, the Guerrilla, the Terrorist Chapter Three. Jihadism and Modernity 1. Radicalization 2. The Political Theology of the Planetary Neo-caliphate 3. The Postmodern Horsemen of the Apocalypse 4. The Path to Terror 5. Cyberterrorism 6. Jihadist Thanathopolitics 7. Media, New Media, and Terror 8. The Car Bomb 9. Explosions, Massacres, Decapitations 10. Vulnerability, or Innocence Lost 11. The Negated Ethics of the Hostage 12. The Future in the Time of Terror Chapter Four. The New Phobocracy 1. Clash of Civilizations, Class Struggle, or “Holy” War? 2. The Offensive of Radicalized Secularism 3. Hermeneutics Counters Violence 4. Sedative or Stimulant? Religion According to Marx 5. The Left and Jihad 6. Spanish BrigadesÐSyrian Brigades 7. The Terrorism of Global Capitalism 8. Democracy Put to the Test by Anti-terrorism 9. Snowden: On Planetary Surveillance 10. The New Phobocracy Notes Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn 2014, the declaration of the Islamic State caliphate was hailed as a major victory by the global jihadist movement. But it was short-lived. Three years on, the caliphate was destroyed, leaving its surviving fighters – many of whom were foreign recruits – to retreat and scatter across the globe. So what happens now? Is this the beginning of the end of IS? Or can it adapt and regroup after the physical fall of the caliphate? In this timely analysis, terrorism expert Colin P. Clarke takes stock of IS – its roots, its evolution, and its monumental setbacks – to assess the road ahead. The caliphate, he argues, was an anomaly. The future of the global jihadist movement will look very much like its past – with peripatetic and divided groups of militants dispersing to new battlefields, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, where they will join existing civil wars, establish safe havens and sanctuaries, and seek ways of conducting spectacular attacks in the West that inspire new followers. In this fragmented and atomized form, Clarke cautions, IS could become even more dangerous and challenging for counterterrorism forces, as its splinter groups threaten renewed and heightened violence across the globe.Trade Review“A pioneering work that puts the rise of the Islamic State in perspective and makes compelling arguments about the threats it will pose in the years to come.”Daniel Byman, Georgetown University “Clarke's richly detailed and informative book fills a conspicuous gap in the literature by providing an up-to-date assessment of the IS, its short-lived but enormously consequential proto-state, and the movement's uncertain future."Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University and author of Inside Terrorism“Authoritative and comprehensive”Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Long Road to the Caliphate Chapter 2: The Inner Workings of IS Chapter 3: The Coming Terrorist Diaspora Chapter 4: From 'Remain and Expand' to Survive and Persist Chapter 5: After the Caliphate: Preventing the Islamic State's Return Notes & Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first major qualitative study of “countering violent extremism” in key U.S. cities Suspect Communities is a powerful reassessment of the U.S. government’s “countering violent extremism” (CVE) program that has arisen in major cities across the United States since 2011. Drawing on an interpretive qualitative study, it examines how the concept behind CVEaimed at combating homegrown terrorism by engaging Muslim community members, teachers, and religious leaders in monitoring and reporting on young peoplehas been operationalized through the everyday work of CVE actors, from high-level national security workers to local community members, with significant penalties for the communities themselves.Nicole Nguyen argues that studying CVE provides insight into how the drive to bring liberal reforms to contemporary security regimes through “community-driven” and “ideologically ecumenical” programming has in fact further institutionalized anti-Muslim racism in the United States. She forcefully contends that the U.S. security state has designed CVE to legitimize and shore up support for the very institutions that historically have criminalized, demonized, and dehumanized communities of color, while appearing to learn from and attenuate past practices of coercive policing, racial profiling, and political exclusion. By undertaking this analysis, Suspect Communities offers a vital window into the inner workings of the U.S. security state and the devastating impact of CVE on local communities. Trade Review"Suspect Communities is a detailed account of ‘countering violent extremism' policies within the United States, bringing together the current state of play and existing research in a well-rounded analysis. It will be useful for scholars and activists alike."—Arun Kundnani, author of The Muslims Are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror"Nicole Nguyen’s innovative research reveals important nuances and context around the white supremacist racism embedded within so-called counterterrorism policy. She provides powerful critiques of ‘countering violent extremism’ programs, their precursors from the ‘War on Terror,’ and their successors in the ‘Muslim Ban’ era. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in counterterrorism policy."—Erik Love, author of Islamophobia and Racism in America

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Book SynopsisThe first major qualitative study of “countering violent extremism” in key U.S. cities Suspect Communities is a powerful reassessment of the U.S. government’s “countering violent extremism” (CVE) program that has arisen in major cities across the United States since 2011. Drawing on an interpretive qualitative study, it examines how the concept behind CVEaimed at combating homegrown terrorism by engaging Muslim community members, teachers, and religious leaders in monitoring and reporting on young peoplehas been operationalized through the everyday work of CVE actors, from high-level national security workers to local community members, with significant penalties for the communities themselves.Nicole Nguyen argues that studying CVE provides insight into how the drive to bring liberal reforms to contemporary security regimes through “community-driven” and “ideologically ecumenical” programming has in fact further institutionalized anti-Muslim racism in the United States. She forcefully contends that the U.S. security state has designed CVE to legitimize and shore up support for the very institutions that historically have criminalized, demonized, and dehumanized communities of color, while appearing to learn from and attenuate past practices of coercive policing, racial profiling, and political exclusion. By undertaking this analysis, Suspect Communities offers a vital window into the inner workings of the U.S. security state and the devastating impact of CVE on local communities. Trade Review"Suspect Communities is a detailed account of ‘countering violent extremism' policies within the United States, bringing together the current state of play and existing research in a well-rounded analysis. It will be useful for scholars and activists alike."—Arun Kundnani, author of The Muslims Are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror"Nicole Nguyen’s innovative research reveals important nuances and context around the white supremacist racism embedded within so-called counterterrorism policy. She provides powerful critiques of ‘countering violent extremism’ programs, their precursors from the ‘War on Terror,’ and their successors in the ‘Muslim Ban’ era. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in counterterrorism policy."—Erik Love, author of Islamophobia and Racism in America

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Book SynopsisAn intensely personal, and philosophical, account of why white America’s racial unconscious is not so unconsciousAn Essay for Ezra is a critique of terror that begins but by no means ends with the presidency of Donald J. Trump. A father addresses his son and a boy shares his observations in a dynamic dialogistic exchange that is a commentary of and for its time, taking the measure of racial terror and of white supremacy both in our moment and as a historical phenomenon.Framed through the experiences of the author’s biracial son, An Essay for Ezra is intensely personal while also powerfully universal. Drawing on the social and political thought of James Baldwin and Martin Luther King, Grant Farred examines the temptation and the perils of essentialism and the need to discriminate—to engage the black mind as much as the black body. With that dialectic as his starting point, Farred engages the ideas of Jameson, Barthes, Derrida, Adorno, Kant, and other thinkers to derive an ethics of being in our time of social peril. His antiessentialist racial analysis is salient, especially when he deploys Dave Chappelle as a counterpoint to Baldwin—and Chappelle’s brilliant comic philosophic voice jabs at both racial and gender identity.Standing apart for its willingness to explore terror in all its ambivalence, this theoretical reflection on racism, knowledge, ethics, and being in our neofascist present brings to bear the full weight of philosophical inquiry and popular cultural critique on black life in the United States.Trade Review"You can’t reassure the frightened child. Your letter must add to the child’s terror. Welcome to the world of racism in America. Brilliantly original, mixing Heidegger and Chappelle, Grant Farred proves that Baldwin’s genre has not exhausted its magical potential to provoke and instruct. By a mysterious dialectical legerdemain, he bestows on his son an unlikely endowment: a sort of Afro-optimism, both outraged and salvific."—Bruce Robbins, author of The Beneficiary"Phrased as an epistle to his young son, Grant Farred's An Essay for Ezra grapples with difficult loci of racial violence in U.S. culture and in various philosophical traditions, from the Black exile of Baldwin to Heideggerian questionability of self. He proposes new genealogies and new problems for struggles of becoming and judgment amid the perpetual crisis that is the American racial order."—Rei Terada, University of California, IrvineTable of ContentsContents1. November, 20162. Martin Luther King and White People3. The Farceur4. De-racializing MLK5. Haunting: It Takes You Where You Don’t Want to Go6. And So I Turn to James Baldwin7. Do Not a Tarantula Be: A Nietzschean Interlude8. “Bagger Vance”Postscript: November 7, 2020AcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisLily Hamourtziadou’s investigation into civilian victims during the conflicts that followed the US-led coalition’s 2003 invasion of Iraq provides important new perspectives on the human cost of the War on Terror. From early fighting to the withdrawal and return of coalition troops, the Arab Spring and the rise of ISIS, the book explores the scale and causes of deaths and places them in the contexts of power struggles, US foreign policy and radicalisation. Casting fresh light on not just the conflict but international geopolitics and the history of Iraq, it constructs a unique and insightful human security approach to war.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Human Security and the Emergence of Body Counts; The Long Journey to the War on Terror; The Rising Violence: Writing the War 2006–2007; The Beginning of the End of Sectarian Violence? Writing the War 2008–2009; Iraq 2010–2013; Iraq 2014–2017: Obama and the Banality of Killing; Epilogue: Iraq and Its Casualties Today.

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Book SynopsisLily Hamourtziadou’s investigation into civilian victims during the conflicts that followed the US-led coalition’s 2003 invasion of Iraq provides important new perspectives on the human cost of the War on Terror. From early fighting to the withdrawal and return of coalition troops, the Arab Spring and the rise of ISIS, the book explores the scale and causes of deaths and places them in the contexts of power struggles, US foreign policy and radicalisation. Casting fresh light on not just the conflict but international geopolitics and the history of Iraq, it constructs a unique and insightful human security approach to war.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Human Security and the Emergence of Body Counts; The Long Journey to the War on Terror; The Rising Violence: Writing the War 2006–2007; The Beginning of the End of Sectarian Violence? Writing the War 2008–2009; Iraq 2010–2013; Iraq 2014–2017: Obama and the Banality of Killing; Epilogue: Iraq and Its Casualties Today.

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Book SynopsisAn ethnography of terrorism trials in Delhi, India, this book explores what modes of life are made possible in the everyday experience of the courtroom. Mayur Suresh shows how legal procedures and technicalities become the modes through which courtrooms are made habitable. Where India’s terror trials have come to be understood by way of the expansion of the security state and displays of Hindu nationalism, Suresh elaborates how they are experienced by defendants in a quite different way, through a minute engagement with legal technicalities. Amidst the grinding terror trials—which are replete with stories of torture, illegal detention and fabricated charges—defendants school themselves in legal procedures, became adept petition writers, build friendships with police officials, cultivate cautious faith in the courts and express a deep sense of betrayal when this trust is belied. Though seemingly mundane, legal technicalities are fraught and highly contested, and acquire urgent ethical qualities in the life of a trial: the file becomes a space in which the world can be made or unmade, the petition a way of imagining a future, and investigative and courtroom procedures enable the unexpected formation of close relationships between police and terror-accused. In attending to the ways in which legal technicalities are made to work in everyday interactions among lawyers, judges, accused terrorists, and police, Suresh shows how human expressiveness, creativity and vulnerability emerge through the law.Table of ContentsAbbreviations and Glossary | ix Introduction | 1 1 Custodial Intimacy: Law and the Police in Two Parts | 35 2 Recycled Legality: Doing Things with Legal Language | 71 3 Law and the Vulnerable State | 92 4 Hypertext: Files and the Fabrication of the World | 115 5 Certification and the Fabrication of Truths | 137 6 Petition Writing: Desire, Ethics, Mourning | 169 Conclusion: An Acquittal? | 199 Acknowledgments | 213 Notes | 219 References | 235 Index | 251

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Book SynopsisAn ethnography of terrorism trials in Delhi, India, this book explores what modes of life are made possible in the everyday experience of the courtroom. Mayur Suresh shows how legal procedures and technicalities become the modes through which courtrooms are made habitable. Where India’s terror trials have come to be understood by way of the expansion of the security state and displays of Hindu nationalism, Suresh elaborates how they are experienced by defendants in a quite different way, through a minute engagement with legal technicalities. Amidst the grinding terror trials—which are replete with stories of torture, illegal detention and fabricated charges—defendants school themselves in legal procedures, became adept petition writers, build friendships with police officials, cultivate cautious faith in the courts and express a deep sense of betrayal when this trust is belied. Though seemingly mundane, legal technicalities are fraught and highly contested, and acquire urgent ethical qualities in the life of a trial: the file becomes a space in which the world can be made or unmade, the petition a way of imagining a future, and investigative and courtroom procedures enable the unexpected formation of close relationships between police and terror-accused. In attending to the ways in which legal technicalities are made to work in everyday interactions among lawyers, judges, accused terrorists, and police, Suresh shows how human expressiveness, creativity and vulnerability emerge through the law.Table of ContentsAbbreviations and Glossary | ix Introduction | 1 1 Custodial Intimacy: Law and the Police in Two Parts | 35 2 Recycled Legality: Doing Things with Legal Language | 71 3 Law and the Vulnerable State | 92 4 Hypertext: Files and the Fabrication of the World | 115 5 Certification and the Fabrication of Truths | 137 6 Petition Writing: Desire, Ethics, Mourning | 169 Conclusion: An Acquittal? | 199 Acknowledgments | 213 Notes | 219 References | 235 Index | 251

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Book SynopsisA systematic, comprehensive, and straightforward textbook for analyzing and comparing insurgencies and terrorist movements, Insurgency and Terrorism was first published in 1990 to broad acclaim. Observers, scholars, students, military personnel, journalists, and government analysts worldwide found it worthy of study.

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Book SynopsisAfrica is a continent of growing strategic importance in the global war on terrorism. Over the past decade, it has seen a significant number of terrorist attacks and operations, both north and south of the Sahara.

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Book SynopsisThe United States has struggled to define its approach to what has been called the information battlefield since the information era began. Yet with the outbreak of the war on terror, the United States has been violently challenged to take a position and react to the militants' use of emerging information technology.

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Book SynopsisThe cyber domain is undergoing extraordinary changes that present both exceptional opportunities to and major challenges for users of cyberspace. The challenges arise from the malevolent actors who use cyberspace and the many security vulnerabilities that plague this sphere.

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Book SynopsisOn January 26, 1993, a young Palestinian man named Abdel Nasser Zaben was arrested and incarcerated in New York City for kidnapping and robbery. Just thirty days later, while he remained locked up, radical Islamic fundamentalists detonated a bomb in the World Trade Center.

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Book SynopsisOn 9/11 the CIA changed. Once a organisation focused on information gathering, it became a militarised force. As Philip Mudd explains, at that time, came a different breed of prisoner, one who wanted to die but held information that could save thousands of lives. Out of this emerged what was referred to internally as “The Program”: a world web of secret detention centres that used “enhanced interrogation tactics”. A 2014 US Senate report exposed horrifying details from this “Program” but there were no details as to how officials came to their decisions, what happened daily at these “Black Sites” and how the officers felt about what they were doing. Mudd weaves stunning research, new interviews and his own account to illuminate the CIA at this most difficult time.

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Book SynopsisA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Christian Science Monitor Best Read of 2021Neave Book Prize shortlist Al Qaeda did not stop after 9/11. Its reign of terror continued with bombings and mayhem across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. But its frustration grew as the group failed to fundamentally undermine America and its allies. Five years later the time was ripe for another spectacular mega-plot. Fresh from masterminding the London Underground carnage, one veteran operative set in motion a new operation to destroy passenger aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean—and kill thousands of people in the process. Disruption tells the story of that conspiracy and the heroic efforts by the intelligence services of the United States, Great Britain, and Pakistan to uncover and crush it. From the streets of London to the training camps of Pakistan to the corridors of power in Washington DC, the story unfolds with murders, double-crosses, probes, jailbreaks, and explosions. Former counterterrorism analyst Aki J. Peritz brings the story to life with vivid imagery, interviews with top intelligence officials, and never-before-seen declassified documents. Disruption is the not-to-be-missed account of the race to stop a terrorist conspiracy that would have remade our world—forever.Trade Review"Some of the measures put in place since 9/11, as inconvenient as they may be, have undoubtedly saved lives. We might still debate their usefulness and legality, but we should do so with a full understanding of their results. Disruption is a valuable contribution to that understanding."—Samuel Sweeney, Wall Street Journal"An outstanding contribution to the literature of terrorism and counterterrorism. "—Kirkus Reviews, starred"Readers will gain new appreciation for what it takes to stop the next terrorist attack."—Publishers Weekly"In the summer of 2006, the British security services, with the assistance of the CIA, foiled what would have been the most devastating terrorist attack since 9/11: an al-Qaida plot to detonate bombs on seven transatlantic commercial flights, which would have resulted in over 3,000 deaths. Disruption is Peritz's meticulous, fascinating history of this plot, from the radicalization of the perpetrators to their sentencing in a British courtroom."—Christian Science Monitor"Disruption is an engrossing page-turner."—David Luhrssen, Shepherd Express“A fascinating read. There are secrets in this book even I didn’t know.”—Gen. Michael V. Hayden, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency“This operation remains the gold standard for how America and Great Britain came together to crush the greatest conspiracy since 9/11. Disruption knocks it out of the park.”—Fran Townsend, assistant to the president for Homeland Security and CounterterrorismTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Major Characters List of Abbreviations Author’s Note 1. The Killer beside You 2. Baker’s Boy 3. Triple A 4. Recruits 5. Ali’s Evolution 6. Incident on the Tube 7. Bang/Fizz 8. The Rosewater Solution 9. Glimmers 10. The Dilemma 11. Rendezvous in Lloyd Park 12. Pattern of Life 13. Wedding Videos 14. Probe 15. “Today’s Date Is September 12, 2001” 16. Sarwar’s Hole 17. Transatlantic Tensions 18. Skin Infection 19. Our Citizens, Our Planes 20. It Fell out of My Pocket 21. The Railway Crossing 22. Fellowship Is Life 23. Scramble 24. The System Worked? 25. Rashid Rauf’s Second Chance 26. The Twisting Road 27. A Fine Balance Acknowledgments Appendix 1: Codenames and Nicknames Appendix 2: Operations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMass shootings have been on the rise in the United States since the early 2000s, but until the heartbreak of the 1 October 2017 Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, the citizens of Las Vegas had never experienced the violence and tragedy of this now all-too-frequent occurrence. That day, fifty-eight people were shot to death on site, while another two victims later died of their injuries. The 1 October incident physically wounded nearly 900 concert-goers, but psychologically impacted countless untold victims.As individual and institutional response to urgent requests for help came in both during and after the 1 October catastrophe, those who call Las Vegas home struggled to cope with pain and grief. Now, editor Roberta Sabbath draws together a collection of personal essays, oral histories, interviews, scholarly writings, and commentaries to remember those whose lives were lost, and to honor survivors and their loved ones. Written five years after the tragedy, each contribution offers a unique story of healing, demonstrating the wide-ranging experiences and repercussions of the event. The essays in this collection represent a broad diversity of voices from political leaders, health professionals, first responders, community members, and incident survivors. This work is dedicated to those who lost their lives on 1 October 2017, to survivors and their loved ones, and to the caregivers—both individual and institutional—all of whom continue to keep Vegas Strong.Trade Review"Vegas Strong is thoughtful, touching, and a reminder of this absurdly violent era in which we live. It is a caring tribute to those who survived and honors those who died."—John L. Smith, Las Vegas journalist, author of Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens: The Endless War Over the West's Public Lands"Sabbath has created an emotional collection of stories that touched my heart. This is a significant contribution to the history of 1 October."—Michelle Follette Turk, assistant visiting professor of history, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, author of Gambling with Lives: A History of Occupational Health in Las VegasTable of Contents Cover Page Copyright Page Dedication Lives Lost Contents Preface Introduction Part One: Site 1. The Night That Forever Changed My Life: A Survivor's Story 2. The Night the Music Stopped: Snapshots from Oral Histories 3. This Was Not in the Manual: unlv Residence Hall Becomes Safe Haven 4. Transforming Platforms: Greek Chorus and Social Media 5. Shock, Heartbreak, and Remembrance: University Medical Center, fema, and the Healing Garden Part Two: Process 6. Searching for Light: A Diary of the First Twenty-two Hours 7. Las Vegas Healing Strategies: Mementos, Family, and Acts of Love and Kindness 8. Therapeutic Innovations, Outreach, and Lessons Learned: A Practical Guide for Community Response 9. "I like safe noise.": Working with Survivors, Vegas Strong Resiliency Center 10. Dealing with Death: New Models for Grieving Are Emerging 11. "O word, thou word, that I lack—": The Place of Poetic Mysticism in the Expression of Grief, Or How Language Succeeds in Failing Us Part Three: Stronger Together: Vegas Golden Knights—Celebrating Heroes, Helping Las Vegas Heal 12. 1 October Memorial Committee: Five Years After—Reflections from Within 13. The Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: Placemaking and the Death of "Sin City" 14. Preserving Community Grief: The Remembering 1 October Collection at the Clark County Museum 15. A Moment of Silence Is No Longer Enough: Working to Address the Plague of Gun Violence 16. Documenting and Reflecting on 1 October: A Selected Bibliography of Collections and Scholarship Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisISIS’s Use of Sexual Violence in Iraq explores how and why the Islamic State organized and used sexual violence against Yezidi women in Iraq. Sexual violence in conflict is one the most devastating types of attack waged against non-combatants. It separates families, displaces communities, and perpetuates on-going social and psychological conflicts long after surviving victims are freed. It is a highly effective weapon that degrades and humiliates people when they are most vulnerable. Reports of executions, abductions, and sexual slavery among the Yezidi community at the hands of ISIS horrified the world, which witnessed some 5,000 women and girls reduced to sexual slavery. This qualitative case study tests three theories against the empirical evidence: evolution theory, feminist theory, and Strategic Rape Concept. Each theory will be tested in order to determine its explanatory strength, and to shed light on how ISIS’s use of sexual violence can be explained. Due to the multilayered nature of the case study as it is current and highly complex, the research suggests that the elements pertaining to all three theories can collectively explain the role of sexual violence in ISIS’s war for domination and control, and improve our understanding of how sexual violence is realized and perpetrated in the modern world.

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Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. This book examines the grass-roots relationship between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the civilian population during the Irish Revolution. It is primarily concerned with the attempts of the militant revolutionaries to discourage, stifle, and punish dissent among the local populations in which they operated, and the actions or inactions by which dissent was expressed or implied. Focusing on the period of guerilla war against British rule from c. 1917 to 1922, it uncovers the acts of ‘everyday’ violence, threat, and harm that characterized much of the revolutionary activity of this period. Moving away from the ambushes and assassinations that have dominated much of the discourse on the revolution, the book explores low-level violent and non-violent agitation in the Irish town or parish. The opening chapter treats the IRA’s challenge to the British state through the campaign against servants of the Crown – policemen, magistrates, civil servants, and others – and IRA participation in local government and the republican counter-state. The book then explores the nature of civilian defiance and IRA punishment in communities across the island before turning its attention specifically to the year that followed the ‘Truce’ of July 1921. This study argues that civilians rarely operated at either extreme of a spectrum of support but, rather, in a large and fluid middle ground. Behaviour was rooted in local circumstances, and influenced by local fears, suspicions, and rivalries. IRA punishment was similarly dictated by community conditions and usually suited to the nature of the perceived defiance. Overall, violence and intimidation in Ireland was persistent, but, by some contemporary standards, relatively restrained. Additional resources supporting this book can be found on the Liverpool University Press Digital Collaboration Hub (https://liverpooluniversitypress.manifoldapp.org/projects/defying-the-ira) Trade ReviewReviews 'Intellectually serious, impressively researched, and very well written, this book will significantly enhance our understanding of the grassroots dynamics of the Irish Revolution.' Tim Wilson'Hughes makes excellent use of both the Irish and British state record... he represents a vast number of stories of people whose allegiances, loyalties or histories cannot be neatly summarised or easily dismissed.' Deaglan Page, Belfast Books'This is a first class piece of work and will be indispensable to those interested in the history of ordinary people in Ireland during the war of independence as well as university level students of Irish and British history.'Declan O' Reilly, British Journal of Military History'Defying the IRA? will certainly entice established readers of the period, and, at the same time, presents frameworks for further research. Moreover, its synthesis of established works on revolutionary violence by Augusteijn, Dolan, Fitzpatrick, and Townshend suggests that Hughes has presented a new starting point for the next generation of Irish scholars.'Justin Dolan Stover, History: Reviews of New Books'The book is meticulously researched, but is particularly effective when combining papers from the Bureau of Military History and the records of the Irish Grants Committee. Collating these Irish and British materials has enabled Hughes to expose the complex ways in which ordinary citizens, caught in the cross-fire of revolution, interpreted the course of events around them, as well as their own loyalties. ... Hughes has established a compelling new dimension within the apparently well-worn story of Ireland's war of independence.'Alvin Jackson, The English Historical Review'Brian Hughes's formidable study Defying the IRA? Intimidation, coercion, and communities during the Irish Revolution succeeds in explaining "everyday" Irish civilian life in the deliberate form of historical enquiry ... This timely volume convinces of the need to discover questions as answers in archives. Its combined weight of archival evidence, and commitment to empirical enquiry, mark this book as an invaluable modern-day document to the traditions of Irish historical studies.'Darragh Gannon, Irish Literary Supplement'This book will be a very useful exemplar for students of the revolution who should now consider this new angle in the many studies of the War of Independence, especially at the local and community level, that are likely to be produced to coincide with the centenary of Irish independence.'Marie Coleman, Journal of Social History Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsNote on the TextIntroduction1 Intimidating the Crown2 Collecting the Rates: Dáil Éireann Local Government and the IRA3 Civilians and Communities I: Non-cooperation and Defiance4 Civilians and Communities II: Coercion and Punishment5 Defying the IRA in Belfast6 Old Enemies? July 1921–June 1922ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisVirtually every nation has had to confront tensions between the rule-of-law demands for transparency and accountability and the need for confidentiality with respect to terrorism and national security. This book provides a global and comparative overview of the implications of governmental secrecy in a variety of contexts. Expert contributors from around the world discuss the dilemmas posed by the necessity for - and evils of - secrecy, and assess constitutional mechanisms for checking the abuse of secrecy by national and international institutions in the field of counter-terrorism.In recent years, nations have relied on secret evidence to detain suspected terrorists and freeze their assets, have barred lawsuits alleging human rights violations by invoking 'state secrets', and have implemented secret surveillance and targeted killing programs. The book begins by addressing the issue of secrecy at the institutional level, examining the role of courts and legislatures in regulating the use of secrecy claims by the executive branch of government. From there, the focus shifts to the three most vital areas of anti-terrorism law: preventive detention, criminal trials and administrative measures (notably, targeted economic sanctions). The contributors explore how assertions of secrecy and national security in each of these areas affect the functioning of the legal system and the application of procedural justice and fairness.Students, professors and researchers interested in constitutional law, international law, comparative law and issues of terrorism and security will find this an invaluable addition to the literature. Judges, lawyers and policymakers will also find much of use in this critical volume.Contributors: O. Aronson, K. Clark, D. Cole, D. Curtin, F. Fabbrini, T. Fischer, L. Garlicki, S. Krebs, N. Lomjaria, A. Lynch, J. Mazzone, C.C. Murphy, T. Ojanen, K. Roach, M. Scheinin, S. Schulhofer, S. Sedley, S. Setty, T. Tulich, M. Vashakmadze, A. Vedaschi, S.I. Vladeck, C. Walker, R. WelshTrade Review'This is an important collection of scholarly essays that will illuminate positive legal developments and normative constitutionalist concerns in the expanding arena of secret government decisions. This book is indispensable reading for those concerned with constitutionalism, the rule of law and democracy as they bear on the tensions between secrecy and disclosure in government responses to terrorism.' --Vicki C. Jackson, Harvard University Law School, US'This book contains the broadest and deepest analysis of the legal and policy issues that relate to secrecy and national security on one hand, and the imperatives of a functioning democracy on the other. The broadest because it brings to bear materials from many countries, the deepest because it brilliantly explores a core problem of constitutional government.' --Norman Dorsen, New York University, US and President, American Civil Liberties Union, 1976-1991Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Martin Scheinin 1. Introduction David Cole, Federico Fabbrini and Arianna Vedaschi PART I: SECRECY AND COURTS 2. Terrorism and Security: Back to the Future? Lord Justice (retired) Stephen Sedley 3. Oversight of National Security Secrecy in the United States Stephen Schulhofer 4. Secrecy vs. Openness: Counterterrorism and the Role of the German Federal Constitutional Court Mindia Vashakmadze 5. Formalism and State Secrets Sudha Setty PART II: SECRECY AND LEGISLATURES 6. Direct and Indirect Access to Intelligence Information: Lessons in Legislative Oversight from the United States and Canada Kathleen Clark and Nino Lomjaria 7. Arcana Imperii and Salus Rei Publicae: State Secrets Privilege and the Italian Legal Framework Arianna Vedaschi PART III: SECRECY AND DETENTION 8. Managing Secrecy and its Migration in a Post-9/11 World Kent Roach 9. National Security, Secret Evidence and Preventive Detentions: The Israeli Supreme Court as a Case Study Shiri Krebs 10. Secrecy and Control Orders: The Role and Vulnerability of Constitutional Values in the United Kingdom and Australia Andrew Lynch, Tamara Tulich and Rebecca Welsh 11. Comparative Advantages: Secret Evidence and ‘Cleared Counsel’ in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada David Cole and Stephen I. Vladek PART IV: SECRECY AND CRIMINAL TRIALS 12. The Normalization of Anonymous Testimony Jason Mazzone and Tobias Fischer 13. Terrorists on Trial: An Open or Closed Case? Clive Walker 14. In/Visible Courts: Military Tribunals as Other Spaces Ori Aronson PART V: SECRECY AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES 15. Administrative Counter-Terrorism Measures – A Strategy to Circumvent Human Rights in the Fight Against Terrorism? Tuomas Ojanen 16. Secret Evidence in EU Security Law: Special Advocates before the Court of Justice? Cian C. Murphy 17. Global Sanctions, State Secrets and Supranational Review: Seeking Due Process in an Interconnected World Federico Fabbrini 18. Secrecy Regulation by the European Union Inside Out Deirdre Curtin 19. Concluding Remarks Justice (retired) Lech Garlicki Index

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Book SynopsisThis significant book provides a comprehensive analysis of the global dimension of European Union (EU) counter-terrorism. It focuses on the growth of the EU as a global counter-terrorism actor, from it having almost no role in 2001 to becoming a significantly greater force in recent years.Analysing one of the most important policy areas of European integration, authors Christian Kaunert, Alex MacKenzie and Sarah Léonard consider the key question of why the EU may have become a global actor in counter-terrorism. The authors then develop a unique theoretical approach in the form of actorness and collective securitization, which analyses the EU’s evolution as a counter-terrorism actor in different case studies, such as counter-terrorism in the transatlantic relationship, North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Overall, this book highlights that the EU is, in fact, becoming a counter-terrorism actor of growing importance and with an ever-diversifying number of policy options available.Addressing topical matters, this book will be a key resource for scholars, researchers and students in fields such as European studies, international relations, political science and governance. It will also attract the attention of practitioners, politicians, non-governmental and civil society organisations.Trade Review‘If in doubt whether the European Union is a capable global counter-terrorism actor, read this excellent book written by top-notch experts. Starting from the perspectives of securitization and actorhood, you are guided through the complex history of EU counter-terrorism, demonstrating how terrorism strongly propelled institutionalization, coordination and legislation in the EU internal security theatre. With mounting concerns about violent extremism, disinformation campaigns and hybrid conflicts, this scholarly book offers crucial insights for the future of Europe’s security architecture.’ -- Monica den Boer, Netherlands Defence Academy‘In The European Union as a Global Counter-Terrorism Actor, Christian Kaunert, Alex MacKenzie and Sarah Léonard offer an original theoretical and empirical account of the ways in which the EU has become an actor in global counter-terrorism. Drawing upon the concept of “collective securitization” and the “actorness” framework, this book fills a distinct gap in the scholarship on European security and counter-terrorism. It shows the extent to which the EU’s role in external counter-terrorism has grown in importance and provides a number of case studies revealing numerous policy options available.’ -- Oldrich Bures, Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic‘Kaunert, MacKenzie and Léonard have delivered in this volume a thorough and detailed roadmap to the policies, actors and processes that have shaped the EU’s external counter-terror role. In their measured, finely researched analysis, they have meticulously documented the overlooked – almost unexpected – growth of the EU as a significant player in global counter-terrorism. This is a superb resource and a must-read for any person who wishes to understand how the EU is involved in combatting terrorism abroad.’ -- Javier Argomaniz, University of St Andrews, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to The European Union as a Global Counter-Terrorism Actor 1. EU counter-terrorism, collective securitization, and global actorness 2. The collective securitization of terrorism in the EU 3. Institutions in EU counter-terrorism 4. Counter-terrorism in the transatlantic relationship 5. EU counter-terrorism and South Asia 6. EU counter-terrorism, Iraq, and Syria 7. Conclusion to The European Union as a Global Counter-Terrorism Actor Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTerrorism in East and West Africa provides a highly interpretative analysis of under-focusing in intelligence assessment. Essential reading for students of terrorism and anti-terrorist practitioners.'- Barry Rider, Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK'This is an interesting and challenging book that will be of interest to those who know nothing of terrorism in Africa but also to those who are familiar with the patterns of conflict in that continent. A former practitioner, the author brings practical analysis to a range of terrorist groups on the continent that range over significant areas of East, West and Central Africa, producing a book that is of considerable value and that fills a clear gap in current analysis.'- Paul Jackson, University of Birmingham, UK'In Dr Ridley's latest volume Terrorism in East and West Africa, practitioner knowledge and academic scholarship have combined to produce a highly effective - and readable - work.'- Euan Grant, International Financial,Tax and Border Control ConsultantSince 9/11, despite extensive international efforts against global terrorism, there has been a worrying lack of focus on terrorist activity in Africa. Terrorism in East and West Africa: The Under-focused Dimension addresses this strategic deficit by drawing together and analyzing the various domestic and international counter-terrorist measures that have been carried out in East-West Africa since this infamous attack.In his analysis Dr Ridley emphasizes the need to avoid apportioning blame, preferring instead to conduct a thorough examination of counter-terrorist financing measures in certain African countries, as well as looking at the problems associated with their implementation. In this context, the author explains how Western impositions, guidance, and assistance have compounded the ineffectiveness of such measures. This timely book draws upon the author's experience as a former intelligence analyst, to give an account of terrorism in East and West Africa in the first two decades after the 9/11 attacks. Throughout the book there is a questioning of why there has been, and continues to be, an incorrect strategic approach to this threat.This book explores counter-terrorism measures in East and West Africa from an original perspective and delivers an important resource for scholars of terrorism laws, strategies, and politics.Trade Review‘Terrorism in East and West Africa provides a highly interpretative analysis of under-focusing in intelligence assessment. Essential reading for students of terrorism and anti-terrorist practitioners.’ -- Barry Rider, Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK‘This is an interesting and challenging book that will be of interest to those who know nothing of terrorism in Africa but also to those who are familiar with the patterns of conflict in that continent. A former practitioner, the author brings practical analysis to a range of terrorist groups on the continent that range over significant areas of East, West and Central Africa, producing a book that is of considerable value and that fills a clear gap in current analysis.’ -- Paul Jackson, University of Birmingham, UK‘In Dr Ridley's latest volume Terrorism in East and West Africa, practitioner knowledge and academic scholarship have combined to produce a highly effective – and readable – work.’ -- Euan Grant, International Financial,Tax and Border Control ConsultantTable of ContentsContents: 1. Bin Laden’s Starting Point 2. 9/11, Reaction and a Wave of Global Terrorism 3. East Africa, Terrorism and Counter-measures 4. Turbulence in Sudan – and in Kenya 5. The Horn of Africa 6. Terrorism in West Africa 7. Mali – the Second Decade Catalyst 8. Mali – Intelligence Lessons Learned? 9. The ‘Rise’ of Piracy Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRapid globalisation has led to the realization that the traditional modal approach to transporting people and goods is insufficient. Multimodal Transport Security illustrates the inevitable shift towards multimodal transportation systems, further enabled by modern technological innovations, and succinctly assesses the demanding and new security challenges that have accompanied this.The emergence of these complex transportation infrastructures has created exceedingly attractive terrorist targets owing to the potential for wide-scale disruption of global supply chains. Providing a conjoint analysis of key issues in both passenger and freight multimodal transportation security, expert contributors provide pivotal case studies highlighting the successes and failures of various policies and practices across several geographical regions. Adeptly drawing these strands together, the editors identify similarities and heterogeneities and in doing so, produce a practical illustration of the potential for further enhancement of multimodal security.An ever-increasing and worldwide concern with the improvement of security in transport places this unique and comprehensive text at the forefront of transportation literature. It will be of great value to students and scholars of public policy as well as policy makers in the fields of transportation and counter-terrorism.Contributors: M. Anderson, M. Bak, J. Burnewicz, E. Depré, Y. Giat, J. Hallikas, O.-P. Hilmola, E. Irandu, J.B. Kshirsagar, P. Kumar, L. Lättilä, G. Nieuwenhuis, GL.L. Reniers, D.L. Rhoades, Y. Ru, B. Shapiro, J.S. Szyliowicz, L. Talarico, C. van Gulijk, J. Vilko, M.J. Williams, Y. Wiseman, C. Yu, L. ZampariniTrade Review'With all the excitement in the field of transport surrounding issues like electric propulsion, shared mobility and self-driving vehicles, the way forward to sustainable transport still depends on our ability to integrate the various modes of transport into one efficient and secure transport system. This book and the four expert editors are the much needed voice of advocacy for this, almost forgotten, subject. The book is an important education tool for understanding multimodality and for thinking 'multimodal'. --Moshe Givoni, Tel Aviv University, Israel'Transport - of both people and goods - is a necessary condition for an open and interconnected world. The achievement of efficient transport systems calls for interlinked transport modes that are smart and effective, based on a systemic perspective. To avoid fragile transport operations, transport systems need to be robust with a high level of security, so that transport vulnerability can be avoided, especially in intermodal transport connections. This is a timely publication on a worldwide concern in the modern transport field, highlighting the importance of secure intermodal transport systems. It offers both conceptual and applied research perspectives on currently prevailing issues and challenges in this field, supported by various relevant case studies. The topics addressed are of critical importance for both the research community and transport operators, as well as for policy making agencies.' --Peter Nijkamp, VU University, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Genserik L.L. Renier, Dawna L. Rhoades, Joseph S. Szyliowicz and Luca Zamparini PART I MULTIMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SECURITY: THEMES AND FRAMEWORKS 2. Challenges for Multimodal Freight Transport Gerrit Nieuwenhuis 3. Economic Issues in Multimodal Freight Transport Security Luca Zamparini 4. Assessing Vulnerability in Multimodal Supply Chains Jiry Vilko , Lauri Lättilä and Jukka Hallikas 5. Multimodal Transport Insurances Eric Depré, Genserik L.L. Reniers and Luca Zamparini PART II MULTIMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SECURITY: POLICY APPLICATIONS 6. Multimodal Freight Transportation Security in the United States Brent Shapiro 7. Multimodal Freight Transportation Security in Italy Luca Talarico and Luca Zamparini 8. Security Improvement Potential of Rail Baltica Investment Olli-Pekka Hilmola 9. Multimodal Freight Transportation Security in Kenya Evaristus Irandu 10. Multimodal Freight Transportation Security in China Chunyan Yu and Yihong Ru 11. Multimodal Freight Transportation Security in Brazil Michael J. Williams PART III MULTIMODAL PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SECURITY: THEMES AND FRAMEWORKS 12. Challenges for Multimodal Passenger Transport Monika Bak and Jan Burnewicz 13. Economic and Policy Issues in Multimodal Passenger Transport Security Luca Zamparini PART IV MULTIMODAL PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SECURITY: POLICY APPLICATIONS 14. Multi-Modal Passenger Transportation Security in the United States Joseph S.S. Szyliowicz 15. Dutch Security Risk Analysis for Multimodal Transport Coen Van Gulijk, Megan Anderson and Genserik L.L. Reniers 16. Multimodal Passenger Transportation Security in Israel Yair Wiseman and Yahel Giat 17. Multimodal Passenger Transportation Security in Indian Cities Jay B. Kshirsagar and Pawan Kumar 18. Multimodal Passenger Transportation Security in Brazil Dawna L. Rhoades 19. Conclusions Genserik L.L. Renier, Dawna L. Rhoades, Joseph S. Szyliowicz and Luca Zamparini Index

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