Download or read book Terrorism Facts versus Myths written by Ram Puniyani and published by Pharos Media & Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Terrorism written by N. C. Asthana and published by Pointer Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outrageous myths have been created and perpetrated about terrorism in general and terrorism by Muslims in particular. There are two reasons for it. One is, of course, genuine ignorance about things Islamic. The other reason is more sinister. Myths are created and perpetuated because that keeps everyone in business. By spinning yarns about the most horrible things the terrorists are capable of doing, the media ensures that they have a never-ending supply of sensational material with which to keep the people hooked it also enables the intelligence agencies and security forces to appear more relevant and expand their turf in the process. The myths must be busted because they tend to settle deep in the collective subconscious and ultimately come to influence policy decisions. The media, for example, would have you believe that we have not been able to eradicate terrorism only because we do not have enough commandos everywhere! The fact is that terrorism would not be finished by killing a few terrorists. Bomb blasts continue to take place in spite of the arrests of the masterminds . As long as we do not address the root cause, there would be many more willing to kill and get killed. Victory against terrorism can be achieved only if you have completely understood the fundamental reasons of terrorism, the motivation of the terrorists, the intrinsic weaknesses of the targets, the innate strength of the way of the terrorist , and the follies of the approach that you have persisted with so far. If a nation has floundered in its war against terrorism , it is because it has never had a serious and honest-to-God analysis of terrorism. Hence this book. Exhaustive yet attractive, informative yet interesting and above all, extremely hard-hitting it is the ultimate encyclopedia of terrorism.
Download or read book The New Terrorism written by Thomas R. Mockaitis and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As shocking as the attacks of 9/11 were, we have been too quick to view the post-9/11 struggle against terrorism as entirely new and unprecedented. Without denying certain novel aspects of Al Qaeda and its affiliates, the "newness" of its purpose and methods has been overemphasized. Many aspects of contemporary terrorism bear a striking resemblance to past movements. Others represent the culmination of trends evolving over decades. Even seemingly novel characteristics of terrorist methods may be more the outcome of earlier developments than a truly new phenomenon. The increased lethality of terrorist attacks is a case in point. Usually attributed to lack of restraint brought on by religious extremism, the emphasis on body count may owe as much to a kind of threshold phenomenon. Numbed by decades of violence, people do not shock as easily as they once did. It now takes thousands of deaths to produce the same effect once caused by a relative handful. This book examines the nature of the contemporary threat within a historical context to discern continuities and change in terrorist behavior. It challenges the idea of a global war on terrorism and suggests that the United States, or any threatened country, would be better served by a policy aimed at reducing the risk of terrorist attack to an acceptable level at a reasonable cost. The book concludes by proposing a workable strategy for achieving this reasonable level of security.
Download or read book The Irrational Terrorist written by Darren Hudson and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opinion surveys show that what the public assumes it knows about terrorism is at best a badly distorted view. Recalling the "Flat Earth" phenomenon, early misconceptions have become solidified, despite new evidence refuting them. The authors of The Irrational Terrorist discredit these popular myths and misconceptions, providing an accessible overview of the key theoretical explanations of terrorism and liberally illustrating their analysis with case studies. Ranging from the religious and economic backgrounds of individual terrorists to the nature and outreach of terrorist organizations, they offer fact-based, cutting-edge explanations of the motivations and behavior of terrorist groups.
Download or read book Islamic Terrorism written by M. H. Syed and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2002 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Root Causes of Terrorism written by Tore Bjørgo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This team of international experts analyses the possibilities and limitations of preventing or reducing terrorism by addressing the factors that give rise to it and sustain it. The key questions raised include:* what are the main circumstances that provide preconditions for the emergence of various types of terrorism?* what are the typical precipit
Download or read book Terrorist Myths written by Peter C. Sederberg and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disinformation written by Richard Miniter and published by . This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debunks media myths that hinder the success of the U.S. military in the War on Terror, including the claim that Bin Laden was trained by the CIA and the story that Halliburton has earned billions from the war.
Download or read book Satanic Purses written by R. T. Naylor and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2014-06-22 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a savage critique, R.T. Naylor investigates the American government's understanding of and response to 9/11, exposing the official story - and the resulting global War on Islamic Terror - as based on myth and misinformation. Satanic Purses examines how misguided notions about the structure and financing of terrorist groups have diverted attention from more useful measures, and perpetuated the ""War on Terror.""
Download or read book Summary Disinformation written by BusinessNews Publishing, and published by Primento. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-read summary of Richard Miniter's book: “Disinformation: 22 Media Myths that Undermine the War on Terror”. This complete summary of "Disinfomation" by Richard Miniter, an author and investigative journalist, presents his examination of the myths about the war on terror. He argues that it is important to understand where these urban legends come from to be able to counter them effectively in society's mentality, and debunks them with hard evidence. Added-value of this summary: • Save time • Understand conspiracies about the war on terror and the truth surrounding them • Expand your knowledge of American politics and society To learn more, read "Disinformation" and discover the truth that debunks the myths about America's war on terror.
Download or read book Debunking Myths About Terrorism written by Sol Raulson and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Myth of Foreign Terrorism written by Hans Sherrer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are three intertwining themes to this book. The central theme is the events involving four diverted airliners in the eastern United States on the morning of September 11, 2001 were not acts of foreign terrorism. The mistaken belief that September 11th involved foreign terrorism has become so pervasive that it qualifies as a form of urban legend. It is an idea that has been widely accepted without proof. There have been so many loose references to foreign terrorism since September 11th, that clearing away the semantic fog that has generated false public perceptions about those events reveals the plain truth that the terrorism against Americans related to September 11th wasn't perpetrated by foreigners. The book's second theme is that in stark contrast to the absence of foreign terrorism, a systematic and very public campaign of domestic terrorism against Americans by the President and his Cabinet, members of Congress, and officials of multiple federal agencies was begun soon after the World Trade Center buildings were struck. That terrorist campaign is compounded by the suspicious circumstances of what occurred prior to, on, and after September 11, the scale of the operation necessary to orchestrate those events, that no organization or group has taken credit for them, and that the federal government and those associated with it are not just the most conspicuous beneficiaries of those events, but they are the only visible direct beneficiaries of them. Thus the factors of means, motive, opportunity, magnitude, and who benefited from September 11th all point to those events were acts of domestic terrorism. The only terrorism the American people have been, and are being subjected to is being perpetrated against them by the federal government in the form of such things as the Patriot Act of 2001, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the federalization of airport screeners, the Defense Department's Information Assurance Office, and the incessant drumbeat by politicians and their supporters in the media that we must fear the foreign terrorists hell-bent on harming the United States. Widespread public and media support for those responses is attributable to the trigger events of September 11. The book's third theme is the threat to the liberty of Americans by people, agencies and organizations within the United States - directly or indirectly associated with the federal government - that are seeking emasculation of the Bill of Rights. Such an agenda can only be accomplished by people with access to the inner sanctum of power in Washington D.C., and not by politically impotent foreigners outside the country who can do nothing to undermine the liberty of Americans. It is only political insiders or people and organizations with meaningful access to them, that can obliterate the liberty of Americans by unleashing the Constitution from the Bill of Rights' symbolic constraint against the unfettered use of its powers against individual men, women and children. So quite contrary to the assertion of many analysts of the fall-out from the events of September 11th, the campaign in their wake has been to exalt the federal government's powers under the Constitution as supreme over the shield of protections afforded individuals and their associations under the Bill of Rights. Thus it isn't the Constitution that is hated - but the Bill of Rights - just as it was in 1787 by the "founding fathers."
Download or read book Islam Terrorism written by Mauri.' Saalakhan and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Explaining Terrorism written by Martha Crenshaw and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume comprises some of the key essays by Professor Crenshaw, from 1972 to the present-day, on the causes, processes and consequences of terrorism. Since the early 1970s, scholars and practitioners have tried to explain terrorism and to assess the effectiveness of government responses to the threat. From its beginnings in a small handful of analytical studies, the research field has expanded to thousands of entries, with an enormous spike following the 9/11 attacks. The field of terrorism studies is now impressive in terms of quantity, scope, and variety. Professor Crenshaw had studied terrorism since the late 1960s, well before it was topical, and this selection of her work represents the development of her thought over time in four areas: defining terrorism and identifying its causes the different methods used to explain terrorism, including strategic, organisational and psychological approaches how campaigns of terrorism end how governments can effectively contribute to the ending of terrorism. This collection of essays by one of the pioneering thinkers in the field of terrorism studies will be essential reading for all students of political violence and terrorism, security studies and IR/politics in general.
Download or read book Islamic Terrorism Myth and Reality written by Mahmoud Refaat and published by The European Institute for International Law and International Relations www.eiir.eu. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorism is an extremely complex set of phenomena, covering a great diversity of groups with different origins and causes. The statements researchers have identified more than 200 definitions of terrorism but failed to agree on anyone and one person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighters have become cliches. However, there is a growing consensus among researchers as well as among governments about the core meaning of the concept of terrorism. Most agree that terrorism is a set of methods or strategies of combat rather than an identifiable ideology or movement, and that terrorism involves premeditated use of violence against (at least primarily) non-combatants in order to achieve a psychological effect of fear on others than the immediate targets. However, beyond this core meaning of terrorism, there is heated disagreement regarding the delimitation of the phenomenon of terrorism, and particularly when it comes down to which specific groups or violent campaigns should be included or excluded under the label ‘terrorism’. Some definitions specifically exclude state actors as possible terrorists, whereas others include states. Some definitions restrict the notion of terrorism to attacks on civilians only, whereas other definitions would include military and police targets under non-war conditions. Some limit terrorisms to violent acts with a political purpose, whereas others also include terrorism for criminal purposes. Most definitions (implicitly or explicitly) consider terrorism as an illegitimate method, irrespective of its political goals or purposes. However, a few (rather exceptional) definitions specifically claim that armed struggle for certain just purposes is legitimate, irrespective of means. The emerging consensus, however, is that terrorism is primarily an extremism of means, not one of ends. Twentieth-century terrorism has come of age. In Britain, children of this age of terrorism are old enough to exercise their franchise. It was in the mid-1960s that the word itself began to gain (or. very retrospectively, to regain) international headline currency: around 1964, when the Palestine Liberation Organisation came into being, as an umbrella organisation for the previously disparate radical Palestinian groupings.
