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by C. (Clarence) Augustus (Gus) Martin (Author) "Terrorism has been a dark feature of human behavior since the dawn of recorded history ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc (16 April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 076192616X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0761926160
  • Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 17.9 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"I am very favorably impressed with this book. The author is well informed and an excellent writer. The recommended readings, Web sites, boxes, tables and the like provide very attractive features. There is an abundance of very good historical and current examples. I would adopt this book for my courses and look forward to its publication."

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The study of terrorism requires a review of the events, ideas, motivations, and histories that result in terrorist acts, as well as an examination of the theories that help explain this volatile behavior.

Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues is a dynamic textbook for students who wish to explore the phenomenon of terrorism past and present. The text begins with a conceptual overview of terrorism, progresses to a focused discussion of the terrorists, investigates the nuances of the terrorist trade, and concludes with a final analysis of modern terrorism.

Understanding Terrorism is a primary source of information about terrorist typologies, the cause of terrorist violence, and responses to terrorism. The content emphasizes key perspectives and identifies critical issues, which also makes it an excellent resource for developing critical thinking on the subject. Accessibly written, each chapter has historical examples, case studies, discussion boxes, and Web exercises.

Features and Benefits:

Comprehensive yet Accessible. The text is written in an engaging style and includes appendixes that present focused information, including a chronology of historical events, a complete glossary, recommended Web sites and a list of relevant documentaries and dramatic films.

Compelling. Cases in Point provide a "reality check" for important theoretical concepts discussed in the chapter and Perspectives are boxed topics of special interest for students.

Stimulating. Discussion boxes present provocative information and pose challenging questions to promote critical thinking and further debate.

Interactive. Web exercises are included for students and instructors to explore and discuss information found on the Internet.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A thorough, comprehensive, well organised textbook, 7 Mar 2004
This is an exceptionally well-constructed textbook, effectively combining surveys of both concepts and empirical trends, with numerous well-chosen case studies. It delves beneath the surface by an extensive section early on, highlighting the problems of, and debates around, definition. The various explanations that have been sought for the phenomenon are surveyed fairly briefly but well. Different types of 'terrorism' are then surveyed - including (contrary to many other volumes) state terrorism: this, after all, is what the term terrorism was originally reserved for (even if in more recent times it is states that have appropriated the use of the term to label any of their opponents that are prepared to use violence); the historical examples are well chosen. There are chapters also on 'the tools of the trade', on the role of the media, on terrorism in the US, and on the options for responding to terror. All this is set out in such a way as to be immediately useable in an introductory university course on the subject, with sections at the end of each chapter on 'key terms and concepts', recommended websites, further reading, a 'Discussion Box', and a web exercise. This may not be an original work of scholarship, but it does what it is intended for admirably, and in the process will probably also fill a few gaps here and there in the knowledge of many who thought they knew the subject. Its clear language and organisation mean it is also useful for the general reader, who will get a far more balanced understanding here than in the vast majority of 'terror' books on the market.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A decent - if entirely unacademic - overview of the subject, 18 Jan 2004
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To be honest, I was expecting much more out of this book. Rather than an in-depth analysis of the terrorist psyche, counterterrorist and anti-terrorist options, or the underlying problems behind the 'us against them' mentality that pervades, this book is simply a collection of case studies.
Martin gives us page after page of examples of terrorist acts throughout the 2nd half of the 20th century, and repeats basic facts ad nauseum.

The glossary, for example, includes entries for 'Adolf Hitler', 'Mass Communications' and 'Labelling'.

A good introductory book for those who know absolutely nothing about the subject matter, but somewhat useless for those interested in more than a mere scratching of the surface.

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