Terrorism and counterterrorism: understanding the new security environment, readings & interpretations

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and Revised EditionPart 1. the Threat Chapter 1. Defined 1.1 Bruce Hoffman, from Defining Inside (Columbia University Press, 1998) 1.2 Paul R. Pillar, from Dimensions of and Counterterrorism, and U.S. Foreign Policy (Brookings Institution Press, 2001) 1.3 Eqbal Ahmad and David Barsamian, from Eqbal Ahmad Terrorism: Theirs & Ours (Seven Stories Press, 2001) Chapter 2. Why Terrorism? 2.1 Martha Crenshaw, from Logic of Terrorism: Terrorist Behavior as a Product of Strategic Choice, in Walter Reich, ed., Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind (Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1998) 2.2 Louise Richardson, from Global Rebels: Terrorist Organizations as Trans-National Actors, Harvard International Review, (Fall 1998) Chapter 3. The New Model 3.1 Colonel Russell D. Howard, from Understanding Al Quaeda's Application of the New Terrorism--The Key to Victory in the Current Campaign, An Original Essay Written for This Volume (2003) 3.2 John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt, and Michele Zanini, from Networks, Netwar, and Information-Age in Ian O. Lesser, John Arquilla, Bruce Hoffman, David Ronfeldt, Michele Zanini and Brian Jenkins, the New (RAND Corporation, 1999) 3.3Brent Ellis, adapted from Countering Complexity: An Analytical Framework to Guide Counter-Terrorism Policy Making, Journal of Military and Strategic Studies (Spring/Summer 2003) Chapter 4. Religion 4.1 Magnus Ranstorp, from Terrorism in the Name of Religion, Journal of International Affairs (Summer 1996) 4.2 Mark Juergensmeyer, from Logic of Religious Violence, in David C. Rapoport, ed., Inside Organizations (Columbia University Press, 1988) 4.3 Adam Dolnik, From All God's Poisons: Re-Evaluating the Threat of Religious with respect to Non-Conventional Weapons, Monterey Institute International Studies Report Prepared for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (2003) Chapter 5. Weapons of Mass Destruction 5.1 Jessica Stern, from Getting and Using the Weapons, The Ultimate Terrorists (Harvard University Press, 1999) 5.2 Christopher F. Chyba, from Toward Biological Security, Foreign Affairs (May/June 2002) 5.3 Richard F. Pilch, from Bioterrorist Threat in the United States, Monterey Institute International Studies Report Prepared for the Cneter for Nonproliferation Studies (2003) Chapter 6. The Threat of Other Forms of 6.1 Barry R. McCaffrey and John A. Basso, updated from Narcotics, and International Crime: The Convergence Phenomenon, An Original Essay Written for This Volume (2003) 6.2 Bruce Hoffman, from Logic of Suicide The Atlantic Monthly (June 2003) 6.3 Maura Conway, adapted from Terrorism and IT: Cyberterrorism and Terrorist Organisations Online, Paper Presented at the 44th Annual International Studies Association Convention, Portland, Oregon (February 27,2003) 6.4 Madeleine Gruen, from White Ethnonationalist and Political Islamist Methods of Fundraising and Propaganda on the Internet, Paper Presented at the 11th Annual Trends & Forecasts Symposium, Morristown, New Jersey (May 20, 2003) 6.5 John Ellis, from Terrorism in the Genomic Age, An Original Essay Written for This Volume (2003) Part II. the Terrorist Threat Chapter 7. The Challenges of 7.1 Laura K. Donohue, adapted from Fear Itself: Individual Rights, and US Foreign Relations Post 9-11, Paper Presented at the International Studies Association Convention, New Orleans (March, 2002) 7.2 Bruce Hoffman, from A Nasty Business, The Atlantic Monthly (January 2002) 7.3 Anthony Clark Arend, from Terrorism and Just War Doctrine, in Elliott Abrams, ed., Close Calls: Intervention, Terrorism, Missile Defense, and 'Just War' Today (Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1998) 7.4 Brad Roberts, from NBC-Armed Rogues: Is There a Moral Case for Preemption? in Elliott Abrams, ed., Close Calls: Intervention, Terrorism, Missile Defense and 'Just War' Today (Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1998) Chapter 8. Strategies and Approaches for 8.1 Richard K. Betts, from Soft Underbelly of American Primacy: Tactical Advantages of Terror, Political Science Quarterly (2002) 8.2 James S. Robbins, from Bin Laden's War, An Original Essay Written for This Volume (2002) 8.3 Richard H. Shultz and Andreas Vogt, from Real Intelligence Failure on 9/11 and the Case for Doctrine of StrikingFirst, An Original Essay Written for This Volume (2002) 8.4 Barry R. Posen, from Struggle Against Terrorism: Grand Strategy, Strategy, and Tactics, International Security (Winter 2001/02) 8.5 Wyn Q. Bowen, from Deterring Mass-Casuality Joing Force Quarterly (Summer 2002) Chapter 9. Organizing To Fight 9.1 Martha Crenshaw, from Counterterrorism Policy and the Political Process, Studies in Conflict & (2001) 9.2 Richard K. Betts,from Fixing Intelligence, Foreign Affairs (January/February 2002) 9.3 Jeffrey H. Norwitz, from Combating with a Helmet or a Badge? Journal of Homeland Security (August 2002) 9.4 Rob de Wijk, from Limits of Military Power, The Washington Quarterly (Winter 2002) 9.5 David J. Rothkopf, from Business Versus Terror, Foreign Policy (May/June 2002) Appendices Appendix Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations Appendix B Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2001