Terrorism, armed struggle

Dissent from the Homeland is a book about patriotism, justice, revenge, American history and symbology, art and terror, and pacifism.

Hours after the collapse of the Twin Towers, the idea that the September 11 attacks had "e;changed everything"e; permeated American popular and political discussion.

Between 1946 and 1966a surge of violence in Colombia left 200,000 dead in one of the worst conflicts the western hemisphere has ever experienced.

Since September 11, 2001, the imagination of "e;low probability, high consequence"e; events has become a distinctive feature of contemporary politics.

How did the most powerful nation on earth come to embrace terror as the organizing principle of its security policy?

In 1946 Juan Peron launched a populist challenge to the United States, recruiting an army of labor activists to serve as worker attaches at every Argentine embassy.

The debate over cyber technology has resulted in new considerations for national security operations.

Immediately after September 11, the Brookings Institution began a comprehensive, multidisciplinary project focused on the key policy challenge of these dangerous timesassessing and improving homeland defense.

The United States government-backed by the overwhelming support of the American public-takes a hard line against international terrorism.

A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationIn the wake of the Taliban nightmare, Afghanistan must tackle serious problems before it can emerge as a confident, independent nation.

A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationWith so much attention paid to America's war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq, the world has all but forgotten the spread of terrorism in other regions.

"e;Conventional political theory holds that the sovereign state is the legitimate source of order and provider of public services in any society, whether democratic or not.

In The Believer, Will McCants tells the story of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (a.

Can We Construct a Grand Strategy to Counter Terrorism?

Never before have world order and global security been threatened by so many destabilizing factors from the collapse of macroeconomic stability to nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and tyranny.

On January 18, 1984, Malcolm Kerr, president of the American University of Beirut and a respected scholar of Middle East politics, was shot in the back of the head as he stepped out of an elevator on his way to work.

During the Civil War many young Lumbee Indians of North Carolina hid in the swamps to avoid conscription into Confederate labor battalions and carried on a running guerilla war.

Within a year of President George W.

On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a car bomb in downtown Oslo, Norway.

"e;Will startle and enthrall even the most hard-core of Lincoln aficionados.

Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, clouds of ash blackened the skies over New York City, Washington, D.

In Resisting Rebellion, Anthony James Joes's discussion of insurgencies ranges across five continents and spans more than two centuries.

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, shattered the prevalent optimism in the United States that had blossomed during the tranquil and prosperous 1990s, when democracy seemed triumphant and catastrophic wars were a relic of the past.

Guerrilla insurgencies continue to rage across the globe, fueled by ethnic and religious conflict and the easy availability of weapons.

Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, clouds of ash blackened the skies over New York City, Washington, D.

In Resisting Rebellion, Anthony James Joes's discussion of insurgencies ranges across five continents and spans more than two centuries.

Guerrilla insurgencies continue to rage across the globe, fueled by ethnic and religious conflict and the easy availability of weapons.

We now know vastly more about the killing of John F.

If you have ever been tempted to believe that President Kennedy was killed by a lone,demented gunman named Lee Harvey Oswald, then Assassination Science is the one book which will convince you, beyond any reasonable doubt, that there was indeed a conspiracy and a cover-up.

On July 7, 2005, at the end of the morning rush hour, three near-simultaneous explosions tore apart the London Underground.

Misunderstanding Terrorism provides a striking reassessment of the scope and nature of the global neo-jihadi threat to the West.

Cold War-era strategic thinking was driven by the belief that individuals, organizations, and foreign states could be deterred from offensive action by the threat of reprisal.

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic TitleSince the first airplane hijacking by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in September 1970, Middle Eastern terrorists have sacrificed innocent human lives in the name of ideology.

Drawing on his global experiences from Africa to Iraq, author Ralph Peters attacks todays crucial issues of our time head-on, with the clear eye and blunt voice that has won him a devoted following: *; Is Iraq worth it?

Highly acclaimed military strategist and writer Ralph Peters challenges Americas defense establishment and national leadership with startling insights and no-holds-barred criticism.

In the precursor to his groundbreaking Beyond Baghdad, which dissects the war in Iraq and its implications for the West and the Islamic world, acclaimed military strategist and author Ralph Peters assembles 18 essays, some written before and others after the September 11 attacks, that show his writing at its best.

The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as 'the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.

Is Islam a peaceful and tolerant religion?

An essential and page-turning narrative on the history of drone warfare from journalist Andrew Cockburn, exploring how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real consequences of targeted killing.

The authors of Culture, Conflict and Counterinsurgency contend that an enduring victory can still be achieved in Afghanistan.

Mexico is currently undergoing a crisis of violence and insecurity that poses serious threats to democratic transition and rule of law.

During the Cold War, deterrence theory was the cornerstone of U.

The use of biological warfare (BW) agents by states or terrorists is one of the world's most frightening security threats but, thus far, little attention has been devoted to understanding how to improve policies and procedures to identify and attribute BW events.

Ruth Stein's pioneering study explains suicidal terrorism from a psychoanalytic perspective.

Preventing Catastrophe is written by two authors who are experienced "e;Washington hands"e; and who understand the interplay between intelligence and policymaking.

Within a year of President George W.

Rooted in the latest theoretical debates about nationalism and ethnicity, yet written in an accessible and engaging style, Islam and Nation presents a fascinating study of the genesis, growth and decline of a nationalist movement.

Since terrorism became a global national security issue in the new millennium, all governments have wrestled with its effects.

Is Islam a peaceful and tolerant religion?