Adresses the issue of terrorism and its affect on US homeland security from an international perspective.

With an emphasis on current theories and today′s political and social environment Terrorism and Homeland Security concisely and clearly explains the multifaceted subject of terrorism and its impact on homeland security in the United States today. This versatile text grounds the discussion within a historical, legal, administrative, and intellectual framework. The book focuses on providing readers with an understanding of the central challenges, perspectives, and issues in the field through four Parts: a conceptual review of terrorism and its causes; terrorist environments, such as religious or international terrorism; the terrorist trade, including the role of the mass media; and a fourth section that discusses domestic terrorism in the United States and investigates homeland security from both theoretical and organizational perspectives.

Part I: Understanding Terrorism: A Conceptual Review
1. The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism
2. The Past as Prologue: Ideological Origins and Historical Perspectives
3. Beginnings: Causes of Terrorist Violence
Part II: Terrorist Environments
4. Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State
5. Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents
6. Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism
7. Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism
Part III: The Terrorist Trade
8. Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists
9. The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence and the Role of the Media
Part IV: Homeland Security in the United States
10. Domestic Terrorism in the United States
11. Homeland Security in Perspective
12. Homeland Security Agencies and Missions
13. Civil Liberties and Securing the Homeland
Appendix A: Map Resources
Appendix B: National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland
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