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Terrorism Bookshelf Reviews


Chemical and Biological Warfare:
A Comprehensive Survey for the Concerned Citizen (2001)

Eric Croddy, Clarisa Perez-Armendariz, and John Hart


The Counterterrorism Handbook:
Tactics, Procedures and Techniques (2002)

Frank Bolz, Jr., Kenneth J. Dudonis, and David P. Schulz


Encyclopedia of Terrorism (2002)
Cindy C. Combs and Martin Slann

 

Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia (2002)
Ahmed Rashid

 

Super Terrorism: Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear (2001)
Yonah Alexander and Milton Hoenig

 

ETA: Profile of a Terrorist Group (2001)
Yonah Alexander, Michael S. Swetnam, and Herbert M. Levine

 

Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida:
Profile of a Terrorist Network (2001)

Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnan


The New Face of Terrorism:
Threats From Weapons of Mass Destruction (2001)

Nadine Gurr and Benjamin Cole

Terrorism: Library in a Book (2001)
Harry Henderson

 

Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy (2001)
Paul Pillar

 

The Terrorism Threat and U.S. Government Response:
Operational and Organizational Factors (2001)

James M. Smith and William C. Thomas


Countering Suicide Terrorism (2001)
The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism

 

Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism (2001)
Jane's Information Group

 

The Terrorism Reader (2001)
David J. Whittaker

 

Terrorism Versus Democracy:
The Liberal State Response (2001)

Paul Wilkinson


International Terrorism 1998:
An Annual "Events Data" Report (2000)

Frank Shanty and Ray Picquet


Living Terrors:
What America Needs to Know to Survive
the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe (2000)

Michael T. Osterholm and John Schwartz

Planning the Unthinkable:
How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological,
and Chemical Weapons (2000)

Peter Lavoy, Scott Sagan, and James Wirtz

The IRA, 1968-2000:
Analysis Of A Secret Army (2000)

J. Bowyer Bell


Terrorism Today (2000)
Christopher Harmon

 

Jane's Facility Security Handbook (2000)
Christopher Kozlow and John Sullivan

 

6 Nightmares:
Real Threats in a Dangerous World
and How America Can Meet Them (2000)

Anthony Lake

Taliban:
Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (2000)

Ahmed Rashid


Jane's Chem-Bio Handbook (2000)
Frederick R. Sidell, William C. Patrick, and Thomas Dashiell

 

The Future of Terrorism (2000)
Max Taylor and John Horgan



Toxic Terror:
Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (2000)

Jonathan B. Tucker


Serenade of Suffering:
A Portrait of Middle East Terrorism 1968-1993 (1999)

Richard J. Chasdi


The New Terror:
Facing the Threat of Biological and Chemical Weapons (1999)

Sidney D. Drell, Abraham D. Sofaer, and George D. Wilson


The New Jackals:
Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden
and the Future of Terrorism (1999)

Simon Reeve

The Ultimate Terrorists (1999)
Jessica Stern

 

Countering the New Terrorism (1999)
Ian O. Lesser, Bruce Hoffman, John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt,
and Michele Zanini


Inside Terrorism (1998)
Bruce Hoffman

 

Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism (1997)
James K. Campbell

 

Encyclopedia of World Terrorism (1997)
Martha Crenshaw and John Pimlott

 

Terrorism in Context (1995)
Martha Crenshaw

 

The Newest Explosions of Terrorism:
From the Cold War to the World Trade Center/Pentagon Attacks (2002)

Beau Grosscup


Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden (2001)
Peter L. Bergen

 

Fundamentalism Reborn? Afghanistan and the Taliban (2001)
William Maley, editor

 

Colombian Labyrinth:
The Synergy of Drugs and Insurgency
and Its Implications for Regional Stability (2001)

Angel Rabasa and Peter Chalk

Terrorism, Asymmetric Warfare, and Weapons of Mass Destruction (2001)
Anthony H. Cordesman

 

Encyclopedia of Guerrilla Warfare (2001)
Ian F W Beckett

 

U.S. Army Special Forces (2001)
Fred J. Pushies

 

Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America (2001)
Yossef Bodansky

 

The Evolution of Special Forces in Counter-Terrorism:
The British and American Experiences (2001)

J. Paul de B. Taillon


The Wizards of Langley:
Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology (2001)

Jeffrey T. Richelson


Intelligence 2000: Revising the Basic Elements:
A Guide For Intelligence Professionals (2000)

Marilyn B. Peterson, Managing Editor,
and Bob Morehouse and Richard Wright, Editors

Bombs, Bugs, Drugs and Thugs:
Intelligence and America's Quest for Security (2000)

Loch K. Johnson


Hype or Reality?:
The "New Terrorism" and Mass Casualty Attacks (2000)

Brad Roberts, editor


America's Achilles' Heel:
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack (1998)

Richard A. Falkenrath, Robert D. Newman,
and Bradley A. Thayer

Terrorism Today:
the Past, The Players, The Future (2000)

Clifford E. Simonsen and Jeremy R. Spindlove


First Responders Guide to
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) (2002)

Jeffrey A. Adams and Stephen Marquette


The Anti-Terror Checklist (2001)
Bill Stanton

 

The Palestinian Hamas: Vision, Violence, and Coexistence (2000)
Shaul Mishal and Avraham Sela

 

Risky Business: Corruption, Fraud, Terrorism & Other Threats to Global Business
Stuart Poole-Robb & Alan Bailey

 

Inside al Qaeda
Rohan Gunaratna

 

The Anatomy of Terrorism
David E. Long

 

The Cult At the End of the World:
The Terrifying Story of the Aum Doomsday Cult,
from the Subways of Tokyo to the Nuclear Arsenals of Russia

David E. Kaplan and Andrew Marshall

The Endless Jihad: The Mujahidin, the Taliban and Bin Laden
Shaul Shay

 

Combating Terrorism: Strategies of Ten Countries
Yonah Alexander, Editor

 

The War Against The Terror Masters:
Why It Happened. Where We Are Now. How We’ll Win

Michael A. Ledeen


The Lessons of Terror:
A History of Warfare Against Civilians:
Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again

Caleb Carr

See No Evil:
The True Story of A Ground Soldier In The CIA’s War On Terrorism

Robert Baer


War on Terror: The Middle East Dimension
Robert B. Satloff, Editor

 

Networks and Netwars:
The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy

John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt, editors


Divided Jerusalem: The Struggle for the Holy City
Bernard Wasserstein

 

Counter-Terrorism Equipment [Greenhill Military Manuals]
Ian V. Hogg, [Illustrated by Ray Hutchins]

 

The Hunt for the Engineer:
How Israeli Agents Tracked the Hamas Master Bomber

Samuel M. Katz


Inside the US Navy Seals
Gary Stubblefield with Hans Halberstadt

 

Insurgency & Terrorism: Inside Modern Revolutionary Warfare
Bard E. O’Neill

 

International Terrorism:
An Introduction to the Concepts and Actors

Donna M. Schlagheck


The West and The Rest: Globalization and The Terrorist Threat
Roger Scruton

 

Warriors of the Prophet: The Struggle for Islam
Mark Huband

 

Hezbollah: Born With A Vengeance
Hala Jaber

 

US Elite Counter-Terrorist Forces
S.F. Tomajczyk

 

Terrorism: From Popular Struggle to Media Spectacle
Gerard Chaliand

 

Historical Dictionary of Terrorism [Second Edition]
Sean K. Anderson and Stephen Sloan

 

Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam
Gerard Chaliand, John L. Esposito

 

A Faceless Enemy: The Origins of Modern Terrorism
Glenn E. Schweitzer, with Carole Dorsch Schweitzer

 

American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us
Steven Emerson

 

Dirty War, Clean Hands:
ETA, the GAL and Spanish Democracy

Paddy Woodworth


War in a Changing World
Zeev Maoz and Azar Gat, editors

 

Target U.S.A.:
The Inside Story of the New Terrorist War

Louis R. Mizell, Jr.


Dictionary of Afghan Wars, Revolutions, and Insurgencies
[Historical Dictionaries of Wars, Revolution, and Civil Unrest, No. 1]

Ludwig W. Adamec


The Dynamics of Subversion and Violence in Contemporary Italy
Vittorfranco S. Pisano

 

Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why:
The 1999 Government Report on Profiling Terrorists

Rex A. Hudson


Study of Revenge:
Saddam Hussein’s Unfinished War against America

Laurie Mylroie


Jackal:
The Complete Story of the Legendary Terrorist,
Carlos the Jackal

John Follain

Al-Qaeda:
In Search of the Terror Network that Threatens the World

Jane Corbin


SCOURGE: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox
Jonathan B. Tucker

 

Breakdown:
How America’s Intelligence Failures Led to September 11

Bill Gertz


Understanding Terrorism and Managing the Consequences
Paul M. Maniscalco and Hank T. Christen

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