Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues by Gus Martin (Eng

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Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of domestic and international terrorism that helps readers develop the knowledge and skills needed to critically assess the underlying causes of modern terrorist violence. The Seventh Edition includes new or expanded discussions of critical topics in terrorism, such as the evolution of right-wing extremism in Western countries, as well as analysis of recent events and updated terrorist tactics, weapons, and methods.

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Clarence Augustus "Gus" Martin is a Professor and founding Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice Administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he teaches courses on terrorism and extremism, criminal law, and the criminal justice system. He has served as founding Director of the School of Public Service and Justice. He also served as Associate Vice President for Human Resources Management, Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, and Chair of the Department of Public Administration. He began his academic career as a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, where he was an Administration of Justice professor. His current research and professional interests are terrorism and extremism, homeland security, and the administration of justice.Dr. Martin is author of several books on the subjects of terrorism and homeland security, including Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues (Sage, 2025); Terrorism and WMDs: Awareness and Response, Third Edition (with John Pichtel, CRC Press, 2025); Understanding Homeland Security (Sage, 2024); The Handbook of Homeland Security (with Scott Romaniuk and Martin Scott Catino; Routledge, 2023); Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies (Sage, 2022); Terrorism: An International Perspective (with Fynnwin Prager; Sage, 2019); The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition (Sage, 2011); Terrorism and Homeland Security (Sage, 2011); and The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings (Sage, 2004). He is also author of Juvenile Justice: Process and Systems (Sage, 2005).Prior to joining academia, Dr. Martin served as Managing Attorney for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, where he was also director of a program created under a federal consent decree to desegregate public and assisted housing. He was also Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands on the island of St. Thomas. As Special Counsel, he occupied a personal and confidential position in the central office of the Department of Justice; sat as hearing officer for disciplinary hearings and departmental grievances; served as chair of the Drug Policy Committee; served as liaison to the intergovernmental Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee as well as to the Narcotics Strike Force; and provided daily legal and policy advice to the Attorney General. Prior to serving as Special Counsel, he was a "floor" Legislative Assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York. As Legislative Assistant, he researched, evaluated and drafted legislation in areas of foreign policy, foreign aid, human rights, housing, education, social services, and poverty; he also drafted House floor statements, Congressional Record inserts, press releases, and news articles; and he composed speeches, briefing materials, and legislative correspondence.Dr. Martin received his A.B. degree from Harvard College, J.D. from Duquesne University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, and Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

About the AuthorAcknowledgmentsIntroduction and RationalePART I. TERRORISM: A CONCEPTUAL REVIEWCHAPTER 1. Terrorism: First Impressions Opening Viewpoint: The Ideology of Al-Qa''ida First Considerations Conceptual Considerations: Understanding Political Violence The Past as Prologue: Historical Perspectives on Terrorism Terrorism and Criminal Skill: Three Cases From the Modern Era Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 2. The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism Opening Viewpoint: Are "Hate Crimes" Acts of Terrorism? Understanding Extremism: The Foundation of Terrorism Defining Terrorism: An Ongoing Debate A Definitional Problem: Perspectives on Terrorism The Political Violence Matrix Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 3. Beginnings: The Causes of Terrorism Opening Viewpoint: The Case of Carlos Political Violence as Strategic Choice Political Violence as the Fruit of Injustice Moral Justifications for Political Violence Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsPART II. TERRORIST ENVIRONMENTS AND TYPOLOGIESCHAPTER 4. Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State Opening Viewpoint: State Terrorism as Domestic and Foreign Policy The State as Terrorist: A State Terrorism Paradigm Violence Abroad: Terrorism as Foreign Policy Violence at Home: Terrorism as Domestic Policy The Problem of Accountability: Monitoring State Terrorism Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 5. Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents Opening Viewpoint: The Tupamaros The Rebel as Terrorist: A Dissident Terrorism Paradigm Warring Against the State: Antistate Dissident Terrorism Warring Against a People: Communal Terrorism Operational Shifts: Dissidents and the New Terrorism Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 6. Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism Opening Viewpoint: The Journey of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Primary and Secondary Motives: The Idiosyncratic Quality of Religious Terrorism Historical Cases in Point: Fighting, Dying, and Killing in the Name of the Faith State-Sponsored Religious Terrorism in the Modern Era Dissident Religious Terrorism in the Modern Era The Future of Religious Terrorism Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 7. Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and Right Opening Viewpoint: Racist Skinheads as a Supportive Environment Reactionaries and Radicals: The Classical Ideological Continuum Left-Wing Ideologies and Activism Class Struggle and National Liberation: The Terrorist Left Right-Wing Activism and Extremism Race and Order: The Terrorist Right Violent Ideologies in the New Era of Terrorism Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 8. Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism Opening Viewpoint: Terrorism in the Age of Globalization Defining International Terrorism Globalized Revolution: Reasons for International Terrorism Globalized Solidarity: International Terrorist Networks The International Dimension of the New Terrorism Postscript: The "Stateless Revolutionaries" Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 9. Emerging Terrorist Environments: Gender-Selective Political Violence and Criminal Dissident Terrorism Opening Viewpoint: ISIS Gender-Selective Terrorism Culture and Conflict: Gender-Selected Victims of Terrorist Violence Protecting the Enterprise: Criminal Dissident Terrorism A Global Problem: Regional Cases of Criminal Dissident Terrorism Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsPART III. THE TERRORIST TRADE AND COUNTERTERRORISMCHAPTER 10. Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists Opening Viewpoint: Actionable Intelligence--Israel and the Hunt for the Engineer The Purpose: Terrorist Objectives The Means: Terrorist Methods The Focus: Terrorist Targets The Outcome: Is Terrorism Effective? Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 11. The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence and the Role of the Media Opening Viewpoint: Media-Oriented Terror and Lebanon''s Hezbollah Two Perspectives: The Media and Governments Understanding the Role of the Media A New Battleground: The War for the Information High Ground The Public''s Right to Know: Regulating the Media Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 12. The American Case: Terrorism in the United States Opening Viewpoint: Lynching--Vigilante Communal Terrorism in the United States An Introduction to the American Case Background to Terrorism: Left-Wing Activism and Ideological Extremism in America Left-Wing Terrorism in the United States Background to Terrorism: Right-Wing Activism and Ideological Extremism in America Right-Wing Terrorism in the United States International Terrorism in the United States Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 13. Counterterrorism: The Options Opening Viewpoint: The Death of Osama bin Laden Responding to Terror: The Scope of Options Warlike Operations: Counterterrorism and the Use of Force Operations Other Than War: Repressive Options Operations Other Than War: Conciliatory Options Applying the Rule of Law: Legalistic Options Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsPART IV. SECURING THE HOMELANDCHAPTER 14. A New Era: Homeland Security Opening Viewpoint: International Collaboration on Surveillance and Data Mining Homeland Security in Perspective The American Case: Homeland Security in the United States Civil Liberties and Securing the Homeland Chapter Summary Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsCHAPTER 15. What Next? The Future of Terrorism Opening Viewpoint: Carnivore and the Dawn of Internet Surveillance An Overview of Near-Term Projections The Future of Terrorism: Terrorist Environments in the 21st Century The Future of Terrorism: New Threats Controlling Terrorism: Ending Terrorist Campaigns and New Challenges Final Considerations Chapter Summary A Final Thought on Reform and Revolution Key Terms and Concepts Prominent Persons and Organizations Recommended ReadingsAppendix A: Map ReferencesAppendix B: Prominent Persons and OrganizationsGlossary of TermsNotesIndex

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"The writing is clear, the content is accurately explained, and the tone of the book is engaging. The book features a wide array of pedagogical activities that will help students to learn the material. Moreover, the book does a good job of linking content to current events and contemporary issues related to terrorism and terrorists." --Kevin Beaver

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"Very well done and an excellent resource for students."

Details ISBN1544375867 Author Gus Martin Short Title Understanding Terrorism Language English Year 2020 Edition 7th ISBN-10 1544375867 ISBN-13 9781544375861 Subtitle Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues DEWEY 363.325 Format Paperback Pages 592 Publication Date 2020-08-20 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-08-20 NZ Release Date 2020-08-20 US Release Date 2020-08-20 UK Release Date 2020-08-20 Publisher Sage Publications, Inc Imprint Sage Publications, Inc Edition Description 7th ed. Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Illustrations Illustrations We've got this

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