Terrorism, Armed Struggle

Can harsh interrogation techniques and torture ever be morally justified for a nation at war or under the threat of imminent attack? In the afterma...

The authors argue that the potential threat of a resurgence of fascism has been consistently exaggerated from 1945 until present day; that the ongo...

While the deterrence of cyber attacks is one of the most important issues facing the United States and other nations, the application of deterrence...

This edited book provides an insight into the new approaches, challenges and opportunities that characterise open source intelligence (OSINT) at th...

Cyber-War provides a critical assessment of current debates around the likelihood and impact of cyber warfare. Approaching the subject from a socio...

Based on dramatic first-hand evidence, Deadly Betrayal uncovers why and how a cabal of Pentagon Advisors in the George W. Bush Administration creat...

In January 2006, Hamas, an organisation classified by Western governments as terrorist, was democratically elected to govern the Palestinian territ...

This book explores terrorism as a strategic choic-- one made carefully and deliberately by rational actors. Through an analysis of the terrorist gr...

America's wars after the 9/11 attacks were marked by a political obsession with terrorist 'sanctuaries' and 'safe havens'. From mountain redoubts i...

How does the Taliban wage war? How has its war changed over time? Firstly, the movements extraordinary military operation relies on financial backi...

Experts in the intelligence community say that torture is ineffective. Yet much of the public appears unconvinced: surveys show that nearly half of...

Maritime security covers many issues including disputes over ownership of the continental shelf and of the boundaries of Exclusive Economic Zones, ...

The 2008 attacks on Mumbai were carried out by a Pakistani militant group known as Lashkar i-Taiba, termed a 'non-state actor' by Pakistan's presid...

Gegenwärtig ist viel vom Rechtsruck die Rede. Doch in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland hat es immer auch Rechtsextremismus gegeben. Die aktuellen Ent...

This innovative new book aims to put society's fight against terrorism into a comprehensive crime prevention perspective with a clear, understandab...

The 2008 attacks on Mumbai were carried out by a Pakistani militant group known as Lashkar i-Taiba, termed a 'non-state actor' by Pakistan's presid...

This handbook explores those occasions when the police are faced with a public, national, or international crisis and are expected to continue to s...

While the 'New Taliban' looms large in the global media, little is known about how it functions as an organisation. How united is it? Are its struc...

Exhausted and on the run, it looked like the end for the small band of men. Looking at the few who had followed him into the desert, Muhammad said,...

As one of the earliest Arabs to join the Afghan Jihad, the Algerian Islamist Abdullah Anas counted as brothers-in-arms the future icons of al-Qaeda...

The summer of 2014--when the Islamic State seized Mosul, Iraq's second city; captured vast swathes of eastern Syria; and declared itself a latter-d...

The 9/11 attacks fundamentally transformed how the U.S. approached terrorism, and led to the unprecedented expansion of counterterrorism strategies...

Can laughter really be used to undermine the appeal of terrorist groups? And should it be? Is there any truth in the stereotypical notions of fanat...

How does the Taliban wage war? How has its war changed over time? Firstly, the movements extraordinary military operation relies on financial backi...

Boko Haram's appetite for exemplary violence and kidnapping women and girls has thrust it to the top of the global news agenda. In a few furious ye...

This book provides a detailed account of the emergence and metamorphoses of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its political arm, Jamat ud Dawah, since the ...

Why has the Taliban been so much more effective in presenting messages that resonate with the Afghan population than the United States, the Afghan ...

Who are the Taliban? Are they a militant movement? Are they religious scholars? The fact that these and other questions are still raised with frequ...

Across the Muslim world, from Iraq and Yemen, to Egypt and the Sahel, new alliances have been forged between the latest wave of violent Islamist gr...

This path-breaking volume reveals a little-known aspect of how Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, a jihadist terrorist group, functions in Pakistan and beyond by t...

Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics examines the most current and significant terr...

Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics examines the most current and significant terr...

This book challenges the widely held assumption that a nuclear-armed Iran would provoke a proliferation cascade in the Middle East. Arguing that a ...

The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture uses the notion of am?ra the Egyptian concept of collective and connective agen...

This book contributes to the study of collective memory and the sociology of terrorism by analysing the role of memorialization in relation to terr...

As democracy encounters difficulties, many citizens are turning to the domain of alternative politics and, in so doing, making considerable use of ...

As democracy encounters difficulties, many citizens are turning to the domain of alternative politics and, in so doing, making considerable use of ...