The New Dimension of International Terrorismvdf Hochschulverlag AG, 2004 - 312 Seiten The events of September 11, 2001 confronted the United States and the rest of the World with the reality of a new dimension of international terrorism. This new dimension did not start nor end with the attacks against the World Trade Center or the Pentagon, but began in the 1990s. This study examines the new dimension of international terrorism, contrasting it with the classical terrorism, the predominantly left-wing terrorist movements of the 1960s - 1980s in Europe, which were a subset of the bipolar geo-political arena. The author establishes the relationship of radical Islamist movements to the terrorist groups of the new dimension (principally focusing on Al-Qaeda) in providing the motivation for committing catastrophic terrorist acts, looks at the shadowy world of terrorist financing and makes suggestions regarding international counter-terrorist strategies. |
Inhalt
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Chapter Five Typologies of Terrorism | 43 |
Chapter Six Current International Terrorist Groups | 47 |
Chapter Seven Political Islam | 53 |
Chapter Eight AlQaeda | 145 |
Chapter Nine The Financing of the New Dimension of International Terrorism | 221 |
Chapter Ten Hypothesis Validation | 245 |
Chapter Eleven Combating the New Dimension of International Terrorism | 265 |
Chapter Twelve Conclusion | 299 |
Bibliography | 301 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 17 - terrorism" means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.
Seite 21 - These three tendencies are like three different codes of law, deeprooted in their subject and yet variable in their relationship to one another. A theory that ignores any one of them or seeks to fix an arbitrary relationship between them would conflict with reality to such an extent that for this reason alone it would be totally useless.