Political Terrorism Theory, Tactics and Counter-Measures [Paperback]

Grant Wardlaw provides a comprehensive analysis on terrorism and the counter-terrorist policies of democratic states.An extensively revised edition of a frighteningly relevant study emphasizes the international policy aspects of terrorism, although the text's arguments remain rooted in its contemporary theory and practice.An extensively revised edition of a frighteningly relevant study emphasizes the international policy aspects of terrorism, although the text's arguments remain rooted in its contemporary theory and practice.This extensively revised edition of Grant Wardlaw's best-selling text provides the most lucid, informative, and dispassionate account currently available of a vital modern phenomenon. While the new material emphasizes the international policy aspects of the terrorist problem, Dr. Wardlaw's arguments remain firmly rooted in the theory and practice of contemporary terrorism.Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Part I. An Introduction to Political Terrorism: 1. The problem of defining terrorism; 2. Terrorism: a historical perspective; 3. The changing nature of terrorism; 4. The purpose of terrorism; 5. The development of terrorism as a strategy; 6. Trends in terrorism; 7. The effects of terrorism; Part II. Some Selected Problems in the Response to terrorism: 8. Counter-terrorist policies: fundamental choices; 9. Terrorism and the media: a symbiotic relationship?; 10. The role of the army in counter-terrorist operations; 11. The legal regulation of terrorism: international and national measures; 12. Counter-measures against terrorism: the intelligence function; 13. Terrorist hostage-takings; 14. Counter-measures against terrorism: the role of behavioural science research; 15. State involvement in international terrorism; 16. The future of political terrorism; Notes; Select bibliography; Index. This is an outstanding book, a worthy successor to Paul Wilkinson's Terrorism and the Liberal State, containing a concise, comprehensil3Z