Terrorism, Armed Struggle

Written with the pacing of a thriller, a veteran journalists account of the terrorist behind the Mumbai attacks.David Headley, the American-Pakista...

By 2014, the world had grown weary of Iraq and its troubles. The Americans had all but gone and the media had turned its gaze towards Syria, but Ir...

An insurgency in Nigeria by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has left thousands dead, shaken Africa's biggest country and worried the world...

In March 1999, just months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson was assassinated when a bomb explode...

Islamist extremism is one of the most vital issues facing governments and populations today, as Islamist groups turn more violent, with increasingl...

The heroes at the Pentagon were extraordinary civilians and soldiers who made decisions to sacrifice their own safety to render aid to complete str...

A visceral, riveting, no-holds-barred military memoir told from the front line of the war against ISIS with a foreword by Andy McNab. In the summer...

The Northern Ireland conflict was one of the most bloody, protracted, and bitter campaigns of terrorist violence in modern history. Rooted in the p...

The modern world struggles to make sense of the savage violence and terror perpetrated by Islamic State. In this timely publication Dr Patrick Sook...

It was supposed to be mission accomplished. Yet nearly ten years after the so-called victory in Iraq, the West faces a terror threat unprecedented ...

This landmark history chronicles the dramatic, decade-long war against al Qaida and provides a model for understanding the ebb and flow of terroris...

The Red Brigades were a far-left terrorist group in Italy formed in 1970 and active all through the 1980s. Infamous around the world for a campaign...

On 26 November 2008, India came under a series of horrific terrorist attacks which killed more than 150 people, and injured hundreds more. Scottis...

On 25 November 1975, representatives of five South American intelligence services held a secret meeting in the city of Santiago, Chile. At the end ...

In July 2004, federal agents raided the homes of five Palestinian-American families, arresting the five dads. The first trial of the Holy Land Foun...

Focusing on three forms of biological threat - bioterrorism, biocrime and biohacking - the author examines the history of biowarfare and terrorism,...

This 7-Volume Encyclopedia is a compilation of government reports, focused on the various threats that the US faces today as well as its implicatio...

Hanif Qadir is recognised as one of the world's leading specialists in positively transforming violent extremists. He has worked with hundreds of h...

In the past thirty years, the devastating effects of international terror have forced their way into the world affairs. To counter this new threat ...

Since its founding more than seventy years ago, the National Security Council has exerted more influence on the presidents foreign policy decisions...

The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS, ...

This is an accessible and up to date text for students on police-related degree courses covering a highly topical area of policing. Terrorism has b...

OUT OF THE BOWELS of the sleepy southern town of Tupelo, Mississippi, the birthplace of Elvis Presley, emerges a darkly-humorous true story of stag...

On 9/11 the CIA changed. Once a organisation focused on information gathering, it became a militarised force. As Philip Mudd explains, at that time...

The Centenary Classics series examines the fascinating time of change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the 1916-23 revolutionar...

Years have passed since 7/7. Alarmingly, however, even under Cameron Britain still continues to fan the radicalisation of its society. Britain''s p...

Since the attacks of September 11th 2001 and up to and beyond Osama bin Ladin's death, al-Qaeda has come to embody the new enigmatic face of terror...

In his disturbing and timely book Jean-Pierre Filiu lays bare the strategies and tactics employed by the Middle Eastern autocracies, above all thos...

The violent attacks on journalists at Charlie Hebdo and shoppers in a Jewish supermarket in Paris in January 2015 left seventeen dead and shocked t...

From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying, todays governments have harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. ...