Terrorism and Homeland Security

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>The updated edition of the textbook that offers student-friendly coverage of the major topics in terrorism studies by one of the leading scholars in the field.</em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The years since 9/11 have witnessed a rapid rise in terrorism-related courses programs research centers journals and books. The second edition of </span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Terrorism and Homeland Security</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> gathers these intellectual insights and developments into a comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to the topic of terrorism.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This text:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>• Examines various approaches to defining terrorism including psychological criminological and structural definitions.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>• Discusses the financing of terrorist operations and weaponry as well as common tactics and strategies including cyberterrorism.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>• Covers the historical foundations of modern terrorism and various types of terrorism including ethno-national revolutionary religious and state terrorism.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>• Explores terrorism in the United States-of both domestic and international origin-the relationship between the media and terrorism and the institutions involved in homeland security.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest events (including those of January 6 2021) and scholarship in the field. In particular Chapter 12 contains perspective on the current state of various American policies protecting the homeland since the elections of Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Accessibly written and full of helpful in-text pedagogical features to enhance student learning this is an excellent primary or supplementary textbook for courses in terrorism counterterrorism and homeland security.</span></p>