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Publisher
Oceana Publications
Pub. Date
1979-<c2003 >
Language
English
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V.1-13 contain commentary and primary source documents that establish a historical context for developments in terrorism. Commentary covers: historical overview of the 19th and 20th century teerorism, brief statistics, post WWII developments, relevant cases and comments on the future of terrorism. Documents include: U.N. resolutions, declarations, conventions and reports, League of National Council debates, International Tribunal Documents, U.S. judicial...
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Killing volume 11
Language
English
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"In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard reveal the startling, dramatic story of the global war against terrorists. In Killing The Killers, #1 bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard take readers deep inside the global war on terror, which began twenty years ago on September 11, 2001. As the World Trade Center buildings collapsed, the Pentagon burned, and a small group of passengers...
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Bibliographies and indexes in military studies volume no. 9
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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In the years since 9/11, there has been a massive surge in interest surrounding the study of terrorism. This volume applies distinguished military historian John Lynn's lifetime of research and teaching experience to this difficult topic. As a form of violence that implies the threat of future violence, terrorism breeds insecurity, vulnerability, and a desire for retribution that has far-reaching consequences. Lynn distinguishes between the paralyzing...
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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
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"Professors Enders and Sandler coauthored the first edition of this title. The Political Economy of Terrorism: Second Edition presents a widely accessible political economy approach to the study of terrorism. It applies economic methodology ,Ä theoretical and empirical ,Ä combined with political analysis and realities to the study of domestic and transnational terrorism. In so doing, the book provides both a qualitative and quantitative investigation...
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IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
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Provides a chronological account of September 11, 2001, including the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., as well as the hijacking of a plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.
14) Inside terrorism
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Columbia University Press
Lexile measure
1760L
Language
English
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"Hoffman examines the demographics of contemporary terrorist leaders and recruits; the continued use of suicide bombers; and the likelihood of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear terrorist strike. He also considers the resurgence of violent antigovernment militants, including white supremacists and opponents of abortion. He argues that the war on terrorism did not end with Osama bin Laden's death and that ongoing instability and strife...
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English
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Years in the making, this spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting narrative is an unforgettable portrait of 9/11. This is a 9/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple strands of the events in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Fall and Rise is a mesmerizing, minute-by-minute account of that terrible day. In the days and months after 9/11, Mitchell Zuckoff, then a reporter for the Boston Globe,...