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Book SynopsisThinking Critically About the Kennedy Assassination uses the tools of critical thinking, historical research, and philosophical inquiry to debunk the many myths and conspiracy theories surrounding JFKâs shocking and untimely death. As we approach the 60th anniversary of the violent public assassination of President John F. Kennedy, over half of all Americans surveyed continue to believe that he was killed by a conspiracy involving multiple assassins. Through its reasoned and detailed analysis of the content and evolution of JFK conspiracy narratives, this book also serves as a comprehensive case study of paranoid reasoning and modern mythmaking. The bookâs opening chapters lay out the official academic consensus concerning the Kennedy assassination (better known as the Lone Gunman Theory) and discuss the origins of popular interpretations of Kennedyâs life and death, such as the nostalgic myth of Camelot, the unsympathetic Irish Mafia narrative, and the many conspirTrade Review"So much has been written about the JFK assassination and the numerous conspiracy theories about it. What remains undiagnosed is the motivation not of Oswald (or any other purported assassins) but of the conspiracy theorists themselves. What’s in it for them? The short answer is power. The long answer is in this book, the most important contribution to the literature to come along in a generation. Michel Gagné is reflective and thoughtful in both his thinking and his writing".Michael Shermer, Ph.D. Publisher of Skeptic magazine, columnist for Scientific American, Presidential Fellow of Chapman University, USA, and author of Heavens on Earth , The Moral Arc, The Believing Brain, and Why People Believe Weird Things"Michel Gagné is skeptical of JFK conspiracy theories, and he is also a teacher of logic. Thus he recognizes in conspiracy arguments fallacies that are not peculiar to the JFK case, but crop up in all sorts of debates. His volume is a cogent and incisive treatment of the whole assassination landscape, with particular attention to recent conspiracy arguments not dealt with in earlier volumes from people like Posner and Bugliosi".John McAdams, Ph.D.† Formerly Professor of Political Science, Marquette University, USA, and author of JFK Assassination Logic: How to Think about Claims of Conspiracy"Michel Gagné tackles the problem of conspiracism head on. He considers the many reasons why people believe in conspiracies. He systematically, critically, and successfully analyzes the most prominent interpretations of the assassination of JFK, the actors involved, and their respective motivations. Thinking Critically About the Kennedy Assassination offers a contemporary application of critical thinking to a controversial and hotly debated subject".Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University of Baltimore, USA"Michel Jacques Gagné’s Thinking Critically is a richly-detailed antidote to JFK conspiracy thought. He submits JFK CT thinking to direct tests against reality. It is impossible to praise this book too much or to capture its power in a few words. The result of decades of research and five yearsof writing, Thinking Critically is a textured and thoughtful treatment of many of the major conspiracy themes surrounding JFK’s murder."Excerpt from Martin J. Kelly, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Washington Decoded on https://www.washingtondecoded.com/site/2022/11/gagne.htmlPodcasts and Interviews:https://www.paranoidplanet.ca/podcast/episode/7ceea3b5/bonus-episode-5b-i-wrote-a-bookhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLueJPOpdkU&t=41shttps://www.peteranthonyholder.com/2022/04/03/0659-the-stuph-file-program/http://www.ryanraysr.com/inside-the-war-room/ (Episode 100)https://radiox.com/radio-x-files-emission-integrale-du-mercredi-01-fevrier-2023/https://newbooksnetwork.com/thinking-critically-about-the-kennedy-assassination Table of Contents1. Introduction: Knowledge and Conspiracy Theories PART I: MYTH AND COUNTER MYTH: Will the Real JFK Please Stand Up? 2. Three Dead in Dallas: The "Official Story" 3. The Kennedy Mystique: From Irish Mafia to Camelot 4. Case Never Closed: The Evolving Conspiracy Narrative PART II: MOTIVE: "Like Caesar, He Is Surrounded by Enemies…" 5. The Anti-Civil Rights Movement: Right Wing Racists, Nixon, and the FBI 6. "Double Cross! Double Cross!": The Mafia and Jack Ruby 7. Spooks and Nukes: The CIA and its War on Cuba 8. Dominoes and Dictators: The Pentagon and the War in Vietnam 9. "A Damned Murder, Inc.!": LBJ and the Warren Commission 10. "I’m Just a Patsy!": Lee Harvey Oswald’s Life and Motive PART III: MEANS: "It’s Gonna Be a Turkey Shoot!" 11. The Shooting Gallery: The Motorcade and Dealey Plaza 12. The Man in the High Window: The Evidentiary Case Against Lee Harvey Oswald 13. Going Ballistic: Of Missing and Magic Bullets PART IV: OPPORTUNITY: "We’re Through the Looking Glass Here!" 14. The Secret Cleaning Service: Did JFK’s Bodyguards Cover Up a Conspiracy? 15. Of Missing Wounds and Fake X-Rays: Was JFK’s Autopsy a Fraud? 16. Crop Marks on My Face: Were Lee Oswald’s Backyard Photos Doctored? 17. America’s Bloodiest Home Video: Is the Zapruder Film Authentic? 18. Conclusion: Why Conspiracists Rewrite the Past

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Book SynopsisThis book uses an historical body of knowledge, Just War Theory, as the basis for analyzing modern conflicts involving Armed Non-State Actors who employ force against states. As the global community faces the challenges of globalization, terrorism, 24-hour international news coverage, super power collapse, weapons of mass destruction, and failed states, the author explores whether the historic bodies of knowledge governing decision makers during conflict remain relevant. Tracing the evolution of Just War Theory, he analyzes circumstances involving Armed Non-State Actor (ANSA) groups possessing powerful and destructive capabilities and a desire to use them, and pursues answers to the central research question: how does Just War Theory apply in modern scenarios involving ANSA groups who challenge the state and international institution's monopoly on use of force? The study finds that Just War Theory still has the capacity to accommodate modern day statecraft and application in Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1: The Evolution of Just War Theory; 2: Just Cause; 3: Right Intention; 4: Legitimate Authority; 5: Proportionality (ad Bellum); 6: Chance of Success; 7: Last Resort; 8: Proportionality (in Bello); 9: Discrimination; Chapter 10: Analysis with Just War; 11: Armed Non-State Actors; 12: Case Study: Al Qaeda, Taliban and United States; 13: Case Study: Hezbollah, Lebanon and Israel; 14: Analysis and Insights; 15: Conclusion; Epilogue

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Book SynopsisA Short Introduction to Geospatial Intelligence explains the newest form of intelligence used by governments, commercial organizations, and individuals. Geospatial intelligence combines late 20th century historically derived ways of thinking and early 21st century technologies of GIS, GPS, digital imaging satellites and communications satellites to identify, measure, and analyze the current risk in the world.These ways of thinking have developed from military engineering, cartography, photointerpretation, and imagery analysis. While the oldest example dates back to the early 16th century, all the ways of spatial thinking share the common thread of being developed and refined during conflicts to help military leaders make informed decisions prior to action. In the 21st century thanks in great part to advances in digital precision technology, miniaturization, and the commercialization of satellites these ways of thinking have expanded from the military into various othTable of Contents1: The Genome of GEOINT 2: Envisioning 3: Discovery 4: Recording 5: Comprehending 6: Tracking 7: Contemporary Geospatial Intelligence 8: Future Issues for GEOINT

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Book SynopsisNina E. Cerfolio masterfully explores the deeper spiritual and psychoanalytic understanding of the origins of human aggressive and destructive instincts which underlie mass shootings and terrorism.The author survived two terrorist attacks: developing breast cancer from being a first responder at 9/11, and being poisoned by an FSB agent while providing humanitarian aid in the Second Chechen War. Through a personal, scholarly investigation into her psyche, the author describes the spiritual awakening that was catalyzed by these events and their traumatic impact, and examines how a world could create the firmament for the kinds of destructive aggression that are a daily occurrence. Featuring cutting-edge quantitative research and case material, which illustrates the prevalence of undiagnosed and untreated psychiatric illness among mass shooters and terrorists, this book encourages dialogue about the stigma of mental illness and challenges the perception of terrorists as monstersTrade Review'Dr Nina Cerfolio's courageous, highly informative, and innovative book weaves together poignant memoir, original terrorism research, extensive scholarship, and profound spirituality. Inviting us into her remarkable journey, Dr Nina Cerfolio guides us spiritually and psychologically, teaching us to transform the pain and trauma of terror into interconnectedness and harmony. A must-read for clinicians, patients and anyone seeking transformation!'Leanne Domash, PhD, author of Imagination, Creativity and Spirituality in Psychotherapy and The Eel and the Blowfish: A Graphic Novel of Dreams, Trauma and Healing'This is an absolutely astonishing, inspiring and unique book that imbricates personal and historical trauma along with resilience. With searing honesty, it integrates deep scholarship with vivid, dramatic and heroic personal experience. It is required reading on all these levels. Clinically brilliant and moving, it is a book about the roots of individual and state terrorism and also the courage to transcend victimization and heal. Ultimately, Dr Nina Cerfolio's own words describe it best: "My writing this book is a willful act against tyranny. My defiance and determination allows me to not merely survive, but to flourish."'Robert Prince, PhD, ABPP, author of The Legacy of the Holocaust, Psychohistorical Themes in The Second Generation'A beautiful, personal, deeply attuned work on areas of major import to the human condition. This compelling and exquisite book bridges intersections of psychoanalysis, spirituality and human potential. Dr Nina Cerfolio takes us on a profound journey of psychoanalytic and spiritual perspectives and experiences concerning the underpinnings of terrorism, mass shootings and trauma. Timely and thought-provoking, highly recommended to expand and deepen one's vision.'Michael Eigen, PhD, author of The Sensitive Self, The Psychoanalytic Mystic, Contact With the Depths and The Challenge of Being Human'Dr Nina Cerfolio's personal journey through terror, from her childhood through the extraordinary medical-humanitarian missions that placed her in harm's way—and in which she was targeted, and harmed—and her physical and psychic healing and spiritual awakening, are the heart of this moving book. Her meditation on these experiences is grounded in psychiatric and psychoanalytic expertise and a wide swath of scholarship—including her own comprehensive research into the psychiatric and psychosocial backgrounds of mass shooters—and in her deep compassion.'Jay Frankel, PhD, clinical consultant, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis'Dr Nina Cerfolio writes a book that is inspirational, informative and timely. It is a personal work of transcendence and transformation in the face of terror that is relevant to each of us both as individuals and as members of a global citizenry. This book is a must-read for all of us who live fragile human lives in a world of uncertainty and danger.'William Breibart, MD, chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New YorkTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Sacred Service and Transcendent Interconnectedness: Being a First Responder at 9/11 and the Traumatic Aftermath 2. Dross into Gold: A Neat Alchemic Conversion from Base Biological Poisoning and Terrorism to Paradisiacal High 3. Healing Ocular Vision While Opening and Expanding My Noetic Eye 4. The Bicycle Shrink: Hope is the Thing with Joe 5. Spiritual Knowing, Not Knowing, and Being Known 6. A Paradigm for Care: Multimodal Psychoanalytic Aid with Children Traumatized by the Second Chechen War 7. Terrorism as a Perverted Negative Form of Attachment and Spirituality 8. Underlying Psychological Motives for Putin's Sponsoring of State Terrorism: Victim Morphs into Perpetrator 9. Terrorism and Mass Shootings Springing from Ideology: A Monolith that Denies the Existence of the Problem of Humanity

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Book SynopsisDrawing on critical geopolitics and related strands of social theory, this book combines new case studies with theoretical and methodological reflections on the geographical analysis of security and insecurity. It brings together a mixture of early career and more established scholars and interprets security and the war on terror across a number of domains, including: international law, religion, migration, development, diaspora, art, nature and social movements. At a time when powerful projects of globalization and security continue to extend their reach over an increasingly wide circle of people and places, the book demonstrates the relevance of critical geographical imaginations to an interrogation of the present.Trade Review'An extremely rich collection of essays that captures the global and historical complexity of security and insecurity theoretically and practically. Ideal for teaching.' Cynthia Weber, Lancaster University, UK 'This innovative collection brings together the best of critical geopolitics scholarship in a comprehensive engagement with the contexts of contemporary insecurity. In emphasizing themes of affect and performance these excellent essays offer pointed critiques of the practicalities of the war on terror while simultaneously suggesting possibilities for more peaceful futures.' Simon Dalby, Carleton University, Canada '...a fascinating cross-section of contemporary understandings of security that take us well beyond stock-in-trade critiques of the political lassitude and legal effrontery of Western states, particularly the previous US Administration...Although they are aware of the moral, legal, ethical and political questions posed by the subject matter, the main points they raise are primarily geographical ones...The result is a satisfying analytical arc, which begins with an international-relations critique of Tony Blair's vision of "just" war and ends in artwork that projects security plans from Baghdad on to a map of Brussels to bring the "urban geopolitics" of the Iraqi capital closer to home.' Times Higher EducationTable of Contents1: Spaces of Security and Insecurity: Geographies of the War on Terror; 1: Constructing the War on Terror; 2: Blair, Neo-Conservatism and the War on Territorial Integrity 1; 3: Containers of Fate: Problematic States and Paradoxical Sovereignty; 4: Colonizing Commemoration: Sacred Space and the War on Terror 1; 5: A ‘New Mecca for Terrorism'? Unveiling the ‘Second Front' in Southeast Asia; 2: Governing Through Security; 6: Disciplining the Diaspora: Tamil Self-Determination and the Politics of Proscription; 7: Negotiating Security: Governmentality and Asylum/Immigration NGOs in the UK; 8: Asylum, Immigration and the Circulation of Unease at Lunar House; 9: Garden Terrorists and the War on Weeds: Interrogating New Zealand's Biosecurity Regime; 10: ‘All We Need is NATO'?: Euro-Atlantic Integration and Militarization in Europe; 3: Alternative Imaginations; 11: Satellite Television, the War on Terror and Political Conflict in the Arab World; 12: Maranatha! Premillennial Dispensationalism and the Counter-Intuitive Geopolitics of (In)Security; 13: Common Ground? Anti-Imperialism in UK Anti-War Movements; 14: Art and the Geopolitical: Remapping Security at Green Zone/Red Zone

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of how political violence is constructed, this book presents the life stories of individuals once committed to political transformation through violent means in Portugal.Challenging simplistic conceptualisations about the actors of violence, this book examines issues of temporality, gender and interpersonal dynamics in the study of political violence. It is the first comprehensive case study of political violence in Portugal, based on the perspectives of former militants. These are individuals from different political spheres who became convinced that they could not be mere spectators of the circumstances of their times. For them, the only viable way of making a difference was through violent acts. Applying the Dialogical Self Theory to trace the identity positions underpinning their narratives, this book not only sheds light on radicalisation and deradicalisation processes at the individual level, but also on the meso- and macro-level contexts that instTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Political Violence in Context: The Portuguese Armed Struggle 2. Identity Journeys through Political Narratives of Violence 3. Engagement with a Politically Violent Organisation 4. Life within a Politically Violent Organisation 5. Disengagement from a Politically Violent Organisation Concluding remarks

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Book SynopsisThis book is a critical exploration of the war on terror from the prism of armed drones and globalization. It is particularly focused on the United States' use of the drones, and the systemic dysfunctions that globalization has caused to international political economy and national security, creating backlash in which the desirability of globalization is not only increasingly questioned, but the resultant dissension about its desirability appears increasingly militating against the international consensus needed to fight the war on terror. To underline the controversial nature of the war on terror and the pragmatic weapon (armed drones) fashioned for its prosecution, some of the elements of this controversy have been interrogated in this book. They include, amongst others, the doubt over whether the war should have been declared in the first place because terrorist attacks hardly meet the United Nations' casus belli an armed attack. There are critics, as highlighted iTable of ContentsContentsDedicationContentsList of AcronymsPrefaceChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Insurgency and Terrorism as forms of Asymmetric WarfareChapter 3: The War on Terrorism (WoT) Chapter 4: Dirty/nightmarish weapon platforms in WoT Chapter 5: The jurisprudence of new and "unregulated" weapons Chapter 6: The armed drone weapon platform Chapter 7: Drones in self-defence against terrorists Chapter 8: Drones, vanishing frontlines and the emergence of "battlespace" Chapter 9: Drones in International Humanitarian Law, IHL Chapter 10: Drones and ethics in WoT Chapter 11: Drones, WoT and the principle of chivalry Chapter 12: Drones, miniaturization, automation and accountability in WoT Chapter 13: Globalization, postmodernism and the WoTChapter 14: To achieve a successful WoTSelect bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book unravels the role of democracy after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and reflects important debates surrounding the security of Muslim communities in the years to come. It looks at the problems of torture, violence and the legal resources available to contemporary democracies to confront terrorism.While terrorism is often regarded as one of the major threats to the West and the nation-state, this book explores the notion that a disciplined sense of terror is what keeps society working. The strengths and limitations of liberalism are examined, as well as the ethical dilemma of torture and human right violations in the struggle against terrorism. This book carefully dissects the origin of the nation-state and how it keeps society united.The author offers a creative and unique approach to democracy and worldwide terrorism, exploring the consequences for the nation-state. This book looks at the connections between terrorism, mobility, consumption, torturTrade Review"This book clarifies the historical context of the crisis in democracy that fueled Donald Trump’s election in 2016, which was nurtured by entertaining mass media and political corporations promoting the discourse of fear and the doctrine of sovereignty and security. Professor Korstanje’s provocative introduction examines how the ideological core of the liberal state hides "the invisible hand of exploitation." Despite losing the popular vote, Trump’s election underscores how the liberal state is complicit in trampling citizens’ rights in the face of inequality while applauding the spectacle of terrorism, violating immigrants’ rights, and international treaties, even as the stock market soars and the number of homeless people increase. Surely this was not intended by the Enlightenment philosophers, who had not envisioned how the democratic state would renege on is responsibility to citizens’ rights. This fine collection casts a dim light on what could have been the hope of the world." — David Altheide, Arizona State University, USA" The Challenges of Democracy in the War on Terror: The liberal state before the advance of terrorism is a liminal passage where Maximiliano Korstanje discusses the interplay of Fear and Thanatos. These crossing epistemological borders lead to questioning the role of the liberal state, its abuses as well as the indifference of lay-citizens for hospitality. In fact, he dissects the roots of liberal state juxtaposing the rise of terror as a necessary consequence of the decline of democracy. In a nutshell, Korstanje shows once again in this book why he is one of the most-recognized writers in the field of terrorism and tourism." — Adrian Scribano, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina "The present book offers a cogent and trenchant, analysis, and critique of global capitalism. Its argument starts by examining bourgeois democracy in the twenty-first century. It correctly points out that contemporary democracy is a sham. Despite its many exclusions, slaves, women, children, etc.; ancient democracies like the Athenian, actually depended on popular rule. Today’s fake democracies barely make the effort at appearances. As capital has by now penetrated all four corners of the earth, the worst of primitive accumulation and exploitation join hands on a global scale. Raw force in the form of drones, mercenary armies, and massive arms concentrations ensure that extractive capital partners with high tech psycho-social manipulations to produce a compliant, complicit work force and consumerist public. This book puts these current conditions to the question, and finds our world wanting. The book is a must read for anyone who cares about life in today’s world." — Geoffrey R Skoll, Buffalo State College, USA"Korstanje´s book places the concept of liberal democracy under the critical lens of scrutiny. In his work, he carefully reviews not only the role of fear and terrorism in the configuration of postmodern politics but shows a great sensibility respecting the current obsession of global audiences in gazing the Other´s death." — Freddy Timmermann, University Silva Henriquez, Chile"I have come across several books on the challenges of democracy as well as the war on terror. What makes this book different is the perspective taken by the author in exploring this highly relevant and pertinent issue. The author has identified and critically examined key questions on the rise and advance of terrorism, torture, and human rights violations across various countries in the World. The authors also address several interesting issues, including why terrorists target tourism as well as the extent to which torture can be treated as acceptable. The author has explored these topics without any bias and has given a neutral perspective leaving the readers to come to their own conclusions." — Dr. Narasimha Rao Vajjhala, Chair Computer Science and Software Engineering. American University of Nigeria"Korstanje interrogates modern democracy and its apparent values, and applies these to current terrorism and counter-terrorism strategies and techniques. Limitations in contemporary liberal democracy may result in reducing the effectiveness in counter-terrorism and aid in fuelling the fire. Just as importantly, the role of technology in creating a spectacle of fear through its ability to export ideologies globally in investigated. The book is an important work in rethinking the relationship between ‘accepted’ democratic methods and terrorism." — Brett van Niekerk, Co-Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism."Korstanje’s writing has followed a fascinating trajectory over the years. He began as an expert on tourism, and soon was publishing widely on security, terrorism and counter-terrorism, and the experiences of global movement. It seems natural that his attentions would soon turn to bigger issues. Korstanje’s book takes a critical view of the nature of democracy, its relationship with discourses of security, terrorism and violence, and where our vigilance must be directed to prevent the democratic institutions of our times from evolving into something else. Intense and fearless, Korstanje’s account cannot be ignored." — Dr. Luke Howie, Deputy Director, Global Terrorism Research Centre GTReC, Monash University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Liberal State 2. Neoliberalism, Consumption and Poverty 3. The Rise of Terror in the Society of the Spectacle 4. Is Torture Enough? 5. The Dark Side of Technologies: The Industry of Fear and the Spocalypse 6. Terrorism, Tourism and Hospitality: Dying in New York City 7. The Democracy and its Faces: The Problem of Islamophobia

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Book SynopsisThis new Handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and debates on terrorism and counterterrorism, as well as providing a benchmark for future research.The attacks of 9/11 and the global war on terror' and its various legacies have dominated international politics in the opening decades of the 21st century. In response to the dramatic rise of terrorism, within the public eye and the academic world, the need for an accessible and comprehensive overview of these controversial issues remains profound. The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism and Counterterrorism seeks to fulfil this need. The volume is divided into two key parts: Part I: Terrorism: This section provides an overview of terrorism, covering the history of terrorism, its causes and characteristics, major tactics and strategies, major trends and critical contemporary issues such as radicalisation and cyber-terrorism. It concludes with a series of detailed case stTable of Contents1. The Study of Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Andrew Silke PART I: Terrorism 2. Defining Terrorism, Anthony Richards 3. Conceptualising and Measuring Terrorism, Gary LaFree 4. A History of Terrorism, Leonard Weinberg 5. Root Causes of Terrorism, Tore Bjørgo and Andrew Silke 6. State Terrorism, Andrew Silke 7. Nationalist and Separatist Terrorism, James Forest 8. Left-wing Terrorism, Leena Malkki 9. Right-wing Terrorism, George Michael 10. Lone-actor Terrorism, Noemie Bouhana, Stefan Malthaner, Bart Schuurman, Lasse Lindekilde, Amy Thornton and Paul Gill 11. Terrorist Psychology and Radicalisation, Zoey Reeve 12. Children as Agents of Terrorism and Political Conflict, Deborah Browne 13. Social Media, the Online Environment and Terrorism, Katherine Brown and Elizabeth Pearson 14. Terrorist Group Structures, Joshua Kilberg 15. The Effectiveness of Terrorism, Sarah Marsden 16. The Economic Impact of Terrorism, Thomas Baumert and Mikel Buesa 17. Fundraising, Organised Crime and Financing Terrorism, James Windle 18. Foreign Fighters and Terrorism, David Malet 19. Suicide Terrorism, Assaf Moghadam 20. Terrorist Hostage-taking, Margaret Wilson 21. Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism, Gary Ackerman 22. Cyber Terrorism, Marc Rogers Case Studies 23. Al Qaeda, Donald Holbrook 24. Boko Haram, Jacob Zenn and Zacharias Pieri 25. Hamas, Sagit Yehoshua 26. Hizbullah, Raphael Marcus 27. Islamic State, Francis Gaffney 28. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Ahmed Salah Hashim 29. Provisional Irish Republican Army, John Morrison 30. Red Army Faction, Jennifer Schmidt-Peterson PART 2: Counterterrorism 31. Conceptualising Counterterrorism, Ronald Crelinsten 32. Policing in Counterterrorism, Lindsay Clutterbuck 33. The Military Approach to Counterterrorism, Michael Boyle 34. Intelligence and Counterterrorism, Julian Richards 35. Anti-Terrorism Laws , Clive Walker 36. Popular Support and (Counter) Terrorism, Isabelle Duyvesteyn and Bart Schuurman 37. Tackling Terrorist Fundraising and Finances, Marc Parker 38. Deterring and Preventing Terrorism, Joshua Freilich, Henda Hsu & Steven Chermak 39. Prisons and Detention, Jacqueline Bates-Gaston 40. Terrorist Disengagement and De-radicalisation, Kurt Braddock 41. Targeted Killings, Rory Finegan 42. Ethics and Human Rights in Counterterrorism, Lyndsey Harris and Rachel Monaghan Case Studies 43. Argentina, Itai Sneh 44. Canada, Stéphane Leman-Langlois 45. China, Elena Pokalova 46. France, Frank Foley 47. Great Britain, Steve Hewitt 48. India, Arijit Mazumdar 49. Iraq, Michael Clarke 50. Israel, Ami Pedahzur, Lusaura Gutierrez and Arie Perliger 51. Italy, Donatella della Porta and Lorenzo Bosi 52. Spain, Rogelio Alonso 53. Russia, Cerwyn Moore 54. The United States of America: Counterterrorism pre 9/11, Aaron Winter 55. The United States of America: Domestic Counterterrorism since 9/11, Joshua Sinai

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Book SynopsisHarmon focuses on terrorism and insurgency in the lawless expanse of the Sahara Desert and the adjacent, transitional Sahel zone, plus the broader meta-region that includes countries such as Algeria, Mali, and Nigeria, and to a lesser extent, Niger and Mauritania. Covering such issues as Islamist terrorism, border insecurity, contraband, and human trafficking, this book looks at the interrelated problems of political and social pathologies that affect terrorist movements and security in the region. A valuable publication, it treats a series of related problems on the basis of a broadly defined area, with a special emphasis on the role of Islam as both a moderating and exacerbating factor. The book has a broader appeal than more narrowly focused country studies that derive from the perspective of only one problem such as terrorism or border insecurity.Trade Review’Harmon tells a scary story of how March 2012 brought Mali to the forefront of the War on Terror. His integrated historical and contemporary analysis is enriched with on-the-spot interviews cross-cutting Malien society. We experience a blended view of crisis, unfolding regionally, politically and personally. This insight into Mali’s horrific experience is essential to understanding the instability North and West Africa continues to fear, according to Harmon, with reason.’ E. Ann McDougall, University of Alberta, Canada ’In a book that will end up on more than one desk in Washington, Stephen Harmon makes sense of today’s news and prepares the reader for tomorrow’s. Harmon's study reveals what borders conceal: that the region of the Sahara-Sahel shares a troubled past and an ominous future.’ Gregory Mann, Columbia University, USA By emphasizing the voices of Malian civilians, militants, and public officials throughout his analysis of the Mali War, Harmon reminds us that the regional problems and dysfunctions discussed in earlier chapters of this book have very real and tangible impacts on the everyday lives of Africans in Algeria, Mali, Nigeria, and neighbouring countries. Terror and Insurgency in the Sahara-Sahel Region offers an excellent and accessible introduction to anyone interested in this complex and constantly changing part of the world, and is an insightful analysis of how recent events in Mali may offer valuable lessons for how to better approach the search for peace and security in Africa, particularly as Boko Haram maintains a violent presence in Nigeria. LSE Review of BooksTable of Contents1: The Sahara-Sahel Zone: Historical Background; 2: Algeria: Islam and State Building; 3: Mali: Democracy, Corruption, and Insurgency, 1991-2012; 4: Nigeria: The Growth of Radical Islam; 5: American Securitization Initiatives in the Sahara-Sahel Zone; 6: Regional Destabilization: Algeria/Mali and Northern Nigeria, 2010-2012; 7: Mali at War; 8: Intervention and Restoration

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a concise introduction to the increasingly important field of forensic mental health. It aims to set out both the key concepts in forensic mental health as well as the way the discipline operates in the broader context of criminal justice and mental health care systems. It will provide an ideal introduction to the subject for students taking courses in universities and elsewhere, for mental health practitioners in the early stages of their careers, and for professionals from other agencies needing an informed and up-to-date account of forensic mental health.Trade Review"'I believe that this will be an invaluable reference guide to anyone who is entering (or thinking of entering) the field, While it may have its greatest appeal to the novice practitioner who wishes to understand the difficult terrain, it will also benefit the more established practitioner provided that he/she is prepared to listen to what it has to say.' Professor Conor Duggan"Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Criminal Justice System and Mental Health Legislation 2. Mental Disorder and Offending 3. Entering the Forensic Mental Health System 4. Forensic Mental Health Services 5. The Multidisciplinary Team 6. Risk Assessment 7. Treatments in Prison and Probation Services 8. Treatments in Mental Health Settings 9. Leaving the System, Patients' Rights and Advocacy

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Book SynopsisThis book traces the origins of the insurgency in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The first theoretically-grounded account, it is based on extensive interviews. Professor Ganguly's central argument is that the insurgency can be explained by political mobilisation and institutional decay.Trade Review'Scholarly discourse on Kashmir is mostly confined to two broad schools of thought: one favours the Indian-held Muslim majority province's goal of secession from India, while the other confronts the issue of secessionism and its legality, with the aim, very often, of providing support for the purpose of keeping Kashmir in the Indian federation. ≤umit Ganguly's Crisis in Kashmir is a welcome departure from the dual approach to the problem. … The core of the book is a balanced picture of the ongoing Kashmiri uprising since the late 1980s. What I found especially interesting is the chapter on strategies and Options for Resolving the Crisis. Ganguly's book is also noteworthy for the inclusion in the appendix of four important documents that have shaped the history of modern Kashmir.' Commonwealth and Comparative Politics'This volume represents social science at its best.' Foreign Affairs'The conflict in Kashmir … has precipitated two interstate wars and retains the potential to be the cause of another - this time between a nuclear-armed Pakistan and India. ≤umit Ganguly's brief study provides a dispassionate examination of the conflict.' Current History'Ganguly's book is a cool, controlled survey of Kashmir's recent political history, expressed in the vocabulary of political mobilization theory, followed by a review of feasible solutions.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'Essential for India specialists, political scientists, ethnicists, international theorists, and all levels of students, it can also be appreciated by general readers.' Choice'≤umit Ganguly has produced the fullest account yet of the causes and character of the Kashmir rebellion on the 1990s. Without dogma or predisposition, his analysis illuminates the sources and structure of a neglected, dangerous conflict.' Washington PostTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; Maps; 1. The Kashmir conundrum; 2. Political mobilization and the onset of the insurgency; 3. The past as contrast; or, the dog that didn't bark; 4. Another war and Mrs. Gandhi's legacy; 5. The proximate causes: the Rajiv-Farooq accord and the outbreak of the insurgency; 6. The crisis worsens; 7. Strategies and options for resolving the crisis; Epilogue; Appendices; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis critical historical account of the emergence of the fiercely contested practice of targeted killing will be of great interest to students, graduates and researchers who take an interest in targeted killing, be it primarily from the perspective of politics, domestic or international law.Trade Review'Few issues are more controversial today than targeted killing; Gunneflo's book provides two invaluable contributions for anyone interested in the topic: a convincing theoretical lens and a sense of historical perspective.' Luca Trenta, Political Studies Review'Ultimately, Gunneflo's book offers much more than a legal history of targeted killing, even though it certainly does so and, indeed, in an elegant and nuanced manner. Rather, the book at hand invites us to reflect on the implications of grounding sovereign authority on protection, the importance for the legal architecture of political violence of the functions of the state as a machine producing legal power, and the consequences of the collapse of the distinction between law-making and law-preserving violence … the book offers crucial insights …' Ntina Tzouvala, Journal of Conflict and Security Law'By weaving relatively unknown legal debates from previous decades with illuminating theoretical insights, Gunneflo makes an important contribution to a topic that has preoccupied countless commentators: drone warfare. He offers what Michel Foucault called a history of the present. The study seeks to answer the very basic question: how did we get here?' Itamar Mann, Völkerrechtsblog'The virtues of Targeted Killing: A Legal and Political History are too many to address in such a brief note. They range from a sophisticated methodological approach to both international law in history and the history of international law; to the illuminating treatment of central conceptual international legal fault lines such as the relationship between the jus ad bellum and the jus in bello, and that of human rights law and the law of armed conflict; to the crucially original insights into how sovereign political authority is maintained and spread through the increasing legalization of targeted killing.' Ioannis Kalpouzos, Völkerrechtsblog'Markus Gunneflo's book shows how the normalization of targeted killing emerged through extensive legal work. Offering a meticulous account of history and practice, the book highlights the law and politics of protection in the dispute on killing to protect … Targeted Killing presents an urgent, excellent opportunity to understand and contest these practices and developments.' Nahed Samour, VölkerrechtsblogTable of Contents1. Targeted killing in the history of Israel, the United States and international law; 2. The emergence of targeted killing in the Israeli-Palestinian Common Entrapment of Enmity; 3. The emergence of targeted killing in an American homeland which is the planet; 4. Targeted killing and the struggle over international law's sanctioning of lethal force; 5. The law of targeted killing.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first global history of the secret diplomatic and police campaign that was waged against anarchist terrorism from 1878 to the 1920s. Anarchist terrorism was at that time the dominant form of terrorism and for many continued to be synonymous with terrorism as late as the 1930s. Ranging from Europe and the Americas to the Middle East and Asia, Richard Bach Jensen explores how anarchist terrorism emerged as a global phenomenon during the first great era of economic and social globalization at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries and reveals why some nations were so much more successful in combating this new threat than others. He shows how the challenge of dealing with this new form of terrorism led to the fundamental modernization of policing in many countries and also discusses its impact on criminology and international law.Trade Review'I cannot imagine a more nuanced and comprehensive history of the diplomatic efforts of the Great Powers to forge an international alliance against the threat posed by anarchist terrorism at the turn of the twentieth century. Jensen's narrative is particularly judicious in its interpretation as he carefully distinguishes government responses to events of real, perceived, and manufactured events of anarchist violence. His account is rooted solidly in archival evidence, much of it previously unexplored. Careful readers will perhaps glean lessons for our own twenty-first-century wars against terrorism.' Martin A. Miller, Duke University, North Carolina'This impressive and deeply researched study of the transnational rise and fall of anarchist terrorism establishes Richard Bach Jensen as one of our leading historians of political violence. Charting the symbiotic development of anarchist violence and its repression by governments world-wide, in the process dispelling longstanding myths of far flung anarchist conspiracies and government complots, it is indispensable for anyone struggling to understand past and present global wars on terrorism.' Mats Fridlund, Aalto University and University of Copenhagen Center for Advanced Security Theory'Employing his remarkable command of foreign languages, Richard Bach Jensen has scoured archives across Europe and the Americas to reconstruct the world of diplomats and police involved in the first global campaign against anarchism. Meticulously researched and crafted, this book provides an essential historical context for present debates about appropriate governmental responses to terrorism.' Mary Gibson, John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York'Well before 9/11 and jihadists, there were anarchists and the fear they generated in various capitals throughout the world. No single group in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries engendered as much concern among the power brokers in Europe and North America as anarchists. Jensen has completed a splendid volume concerning these radicals … Unknown to many readers, and described ably by Jensen, were the roles played by the police and intelligence services, which infiltrated terrorist cells as informers or as agents provocateurs. A must-read for anyone interested in the historical evolution of counterterrorism in modern world history.' Choice'… [an] impressively researched and readable history … Jensen combed through police memoirs, newspaper accounts, and diplomatic archives in no fewer than five languages to track how the besieged states came to coordinate their antianarchist efforts. He has meticulously reconstructed two little-known diplomatic initiatives: an 1898 conference in Rome and the St Petersburg Protocol of 1904 (and helpfully includes their resolutions as an appendix) … the author suggests that a satisfactory understanding of the rise and decline of 'propaganda by the deed' requires the history of policing to be embedded in broader social histories. Jensen makes some admirable moves in this direction.' The Journal of American History'Impressively researched and readable history … The Battle against Anarchist Terrorism offers insights to historians of the Left, and perhaps even to contemporary organizers looking to craft strategies that achieve redistribution and resist recuperation.' Kirwin Shaffer, American Historical Review'This is a comprehensive and pioneering study of the multilateral governmental responses to the fear and reality of anarchist violence during 1878–1914. Jensen convincingly demonstrates how official anxieties surrounding 'propaganda of the deed' - political assassinations conceived as exemplary violence to arouse the masses from their slumber - fostered secret diplomacy and international cooperation, reshaped extradition policies and aroused utopian hopes among some governments of a global anti-anarchist alliance. … A central achievement of the book is the explanation of why some nations fared better than others in combatting anarchist violence. Jensen provides a systematic and extensive analysis of the track records of different national governments, with a special focus on Argentina, Austria-Hungary, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the US … [This book] is enriched by Jensen's linguistic skills and his enviable command of various national archives. Chris Ealham, European History Quarterly'Jensen has written the definitive work on the subject of European and, to a lesser extent, American and international government and police responses to anarchism. Jensen's book rests not only on a comprehensive knowledge of the scholarly and published primary literature on anarchism and its foes but also on archival work of incredible breadth, encompassing the diplomatic and police archives of Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Britain, Spain, the United States, and Argentina, as well as several collections of personal papers and numerous contemporary newspapers. The book … written in a lively and clear style, stands as a landmark of careful scholarship.' Elun Gabriel, The Journal of Modern History'This is an authoritative and detailed account, based on extensive historical documents, of the history of the campaigns waged by American and European police services against anarchist terrorists from 1878 to the mid-1930s.' Joshua Sinai, Perspectives on TerrorismTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The origins of anarchist terrorism; 2. Conspiracies, panics, agent provocateurs, mass journalism, and globalization; 3. International action against subversives: 1815–89; 4. The terrorist '90s and increasing police cooperation: 1890–8; 5. The first International Conference on Terrorism: Rome 1898; 6. 1900: three assassination attempts and the Russo-German Anti-Anarchist Initiative; 7. The murder of President McKinley, 1901; 8. The St Petersburg Protocol, 1901–4; 9. Multilateral anti-anarchist efforts after 1904; 10. The decline of anarchist terrorism, 1900–30s; Appendix; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisTerrorism has long been a major shaping force in the world. However, the meanings of terrorism, as a word and as a set of actions, are intensely contested. This volume explores how literature has dealt with terrorism from the Renaissance to today, inviting the reader to make connections between older instances of terrorism and contemporary ones, and to see how the various literary treatments of terrorism draw on each other. The essays demonstrate that the debates around terrorism only give the fictive imagination more room, and that fiction has a great deal to offer in terms of both understanding terrorism and our responses to it. Written by historians and literary critics, the essays provide essential knowledge to understand terrorism in its full complexity. As befitting a global problem, this book brings together a truly international group of scholars, with representatives from America, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, Italy, Israel, and other countries.Table of ContentsIntroduction Peter C. Herman; Part I. Origins: The Varieties of Terrorism: 1. Savagery and the sacred: the rhetoric of terror and its consequences in the scriptural monotheisms Reuven Firestone; 2. Early modern terrorism Robert Appelbaum; 3. 'Carrying patriotism in their hearts': the terror in the French Revolution Lindsay Parker; 4. Methodology and martyrs: Irish American Republicanism in the late nineteenth century Gillian O'Brien; 5. 'Play's the thing': how governments in nineteenth and early twentieth century North America used 'terrorism to further their own ends Nathan Greenfield; 6. The nation-state's other: postcolonial terrorism in the Indian context Rini Bhattacharya Mehta; 7. Conflict and violence in the early Northern-Irish troubles Simon Prince; 8. Social-revolutionary violence in Western Europe: the case of the Red Brigades' trajectory, during the 1970s and early 1980s Lorenzo Bosi; 9. Terrorism in the Middle East David Cook; Part II. Development: Terrorism in Literature: 10. Terrorism in literature to 1642 Robert Appelbaum; 11. 'Terror in inquisition': terrorists and inquisitors in the British Gothic literature of the 1790s Joseph Crawford; 12. 'Parliament is burning': dynamite, terrorism and the English novel Deaglán Ó Donghaile; 13. Dostoevsky's terrorism trilogy Lynn Patyk; 14. Perils and pleasures of the bloody oath: the nihilist conspiracy in American popular fiction, 1881–1901 Ann Larabaee; 15. Staging the limit: Albert Camus's just assassins and the il/legitimacy of terrorism Ève Morisi; 16. Gillo Pontecorvo's Battle of Algiers and terrorism on film Tony Shaw; 17. 'Something in the making': writing in the troubles and the singularity of Northern Irish literature Tom Walker; 18. No heroes in a cycle of violence: collaborators, perpetrators and the never-ending terror of the Arab-Israeli conflict Rachel S. Harris; 19. 'Why do they hate us?' Terrorists in American and British fiction of the mid-2000s Michael C. Frank; 20. Terrorism in theory David Simpson; Part III. Applications: Terrorism Today: 21. Sympathy for the devil: evil, taboo, and the terrorist figure in literature Richard Jackson; 22. War after war: terrorism and retaliation in Don DeLillo's Point Omega Linda Kauffman; 23. Conceptual confusion: the ambiguities of the war on terror in Roy-Bhattacharya's The Watch and O'Hagan's The Illuminations Tim Gauthier; 24. Terror, testament, and trial Ian Ward; 25. Global terror/global literature Daniel O'Gorman; 26. Recipient unknown: terrorism and the other in post-9/11 American poetry Ann Keniston; 27. Samson among the terrorologists Peter C. Herman; 28. Afterword Alex Houen.

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