World Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era
World Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era
Editor: Ciment, James
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
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ISBN: 978-0-7656-8284-0
Category: Social Sciences - Criminology & Law
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Table of Contents
This title provides the definitive reference resource on terrorism throughout the world from Ancient Greece and Rome to the post-September 11 world.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: The Problem and Meaning of World Terrorism
- A-Z Entries
- A
- Afghanistan: Rise of the Taliban, 1990s
- Afghanistan: Soviet War, 1979–1989
- Afghanistan: Terrorist Haven Under the Taliban, 1994–2001
- Afghanistan: U.S. Invasion and War, 2001–Present
- Airport Security, U.S., Post–9/11
- Algeria: Fundamentalist Conflict, 1980s–Present
- Algeria: Liberation War Against France, 1954–1962
- Al-Qaeda
- Ancient World: Greece and Rome
- Angola: Civil and Separatist Wars, 1975–2000s
- Anti-Muslim Sentiment, Post–9/11
- Argentina: Leftist Terrorism and the “Dirty War,” 1960s–1980s
- Asia, Middle Ages: Mongols
- Asia and the Pacific: Japanese Occupation, 1931–1945
- Assassination
- Asymmetric Warfare
- B
- Bahrain: Shiite Struggle, 1980s–Present
- Bin Laden, Osama
- Bin Laden, Osama: Pursuit and Death of, 1998–2011
- Bosnia: Civil Conflict, 1991–1995
- Brazil: Military Dictatorship, 1964–1985
- British Empire: Counterterrorism Before 1945
- C
- Cambodia: Genocide and Civil Conflict, 1975–1978
- Canada: International Terrorism, 1970s–Present
- Canada: Quebec Separatism, 1960s–1970s
- Central Asian Republics: Islamist Terrorism, 1991–Present
- Chile: Coup and Dictatorship, 1965–1989
- China: Uighur and Muslim Unrest, 1990s–Present
- Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, and National Security, Post –9/11
- Cleanup and Rebuilding, Post–9/11
- Collaboration Among Terrorists
- Colombia: Guerrilla Warfare and Narco-Terrorism, 1960s–Present
- Counterterrorism (Overview)
- Cyberterrorism and Information Warfare
- Cyprus: Anti-British Struggle, 1954–1958
- D
- Definitions, Views, and Categories of Terrorism (Overview)
- Domestic vs. International Terrorism
- Drone Attacks and Assassinations, Counterterrorist
- Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime Connections
- E
- Eastern Europe and Soviet Union: Anti-German Resistance, 1939–1945
- Eastern Europe and Soviet Union: German Occupation, 1939–1945
- Economic Impact of 9/11, Global
- Economic Impact of 9/11, U.S.
- Egypt: Fundamentalist Struggle, 1980s–2000s
- El Salvador: Civil War, 1970s–1992
- Emergency Response to 9/11: Police, Firefighters, Medical Personnel
- Eritrea: Anti-Ethiopian Struggle and Somali Civil War, 1961–2000s
- Ethnonationalist Terrorism
- Europe: Holocaust, 1933–1945
- Europe, Middle Ages
- Europe and Japan: German and Allied Bombing, 1939–1945
- European Colonial Conquests, 18th–20th Centuries
- F
- Financial Counterterrorism
- Finland: Civil War, 1918
- France: Anarchism, 1880s–1890s
- France: Anti-German Resistance, 1940–1945
- France: Ethnic, Nationalist, and Separatist Struggles, 1960s–1990s
- France: Islamist Terrorism, 1990s
- France: Left-Wing Terrorism and Activism, 1970s–2000s
- France: Paris Commune, 1871
- France: Response to Anti-Colonial Struggles, 1946–1962
- France: Revolution, 1789–1815
- France: Right-Wing Terrorism, 1960s–1990s
- France and Italy: German Occupation, 1940–1945
- Freelance, Contract, and Lone Zealot Terrorists
- G
- Germany: Waffen SS, 1939–1945
- Germany: World War II Atrocities and Crimes, 1939–1945
- Germany, West: Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Gang), 1960s–1980s
- Germany and Japan: War Crimes Trials, 1945–1948
- Greece: Civil War, 1944–1953
- Greece: Domestic and International Terrorism, 1973–2000s
- Guatemala: Civil War, 1960s–1996
- H
- Hijackers, 9/11
- Hijacking
- Historical Roots—Terrorism Through World War II (Overview)
- Homeland Defense, U.S.: Organization and Policy, Post–9/11
- Hostage Negotiations
- Hunt for al-Qaeda and Terrorist Networks, 2001–Present
- I
- Ideological Orientation in Modern Terrorism: Anti-Western and Anti-U.S.
- Immigration Policy and Border Defense, U.S., Post–9/11
- Imprisonment and Legal Status of Detainees, Post–9/11
- India: Anti-British Struggle, 1900–1947
- India: Kashmir Struggle, 1947–Present
- India: Sikh Nationalism, 1970s–1990s
- Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam): Anti-French Conflict, 1946–1954
- Indonesia: Islamist Militancy, 1990s–Present
- Intelligence Community, U.S.: Pre-9/11 Failures and Successes
- Intelligence Community, U.S.: Response to 9/11
- Intelligence, Counterterrorist
- International Cooperation Against Terrorism
- International Law and the War on Terrorism
- Internet, Terrorist Use of
- Iran: Revolution and Post-Revolution Violence, 1970s–Present
- Iran: State Sponsorship of Terrorism, 1980s–Present
- Iraq: Saddam Hussein Regime, 1968–2003
- Iraq: State Terrorism Against the Kurds, 1968–2003
- Iraq: U.S. Invasion and Post–Saddam Hussein Era, 2003–Present
- Ireland: Independence Struggle, 1916–1923
- Islamist Fundamentalist Terrorism
- Israel: Raid on Entebbe, 1976
- Israel: Raids on the PLO, 1960s–1980s
- Israel: Response to Terrorism, 1948–Present
- Israel: War of Independence, 1948–1949
- Israel/Palestine: Jewish Terrorism, 1940s–Present
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1960s–Present
- Italy: Red Brigades, 1969–1984
- J
- Japan: Atomic Bomb, 1945
- Japan: Aum Shinrikyo Terrorism, 1980s–1990s
- Japan: Radical Attacks, 1960s–1980s
- Jordan: Palestinian Nationalism and Islamic Fundamentalism, 1960s–2000s
- K
- Kenya: Mau Mau Uprising, 1952–1956
- Kenya and Tanzania: U.S. Embassy Bombings, 1998
- Kidnapping and Extortion
- Korea: Korean War, 1950–1953
- Korea, North: WMD Threat, 1980s–Present
- L
- Law Enforcement, Counterterrorist
- Lebanon: Civil War, 1975–1990
- Lebanon: Hezbollah, 1982–Present
- Lebanon: Post–Civil War Era, 1987–Present
- Left-Wing and Revolutionary Terrorism
- Libya: State Sponsorship of Terrorism, 1970s–2000s
- M
- Macedonia: Anti-Turkish Resistance, 1893–1939
- Malaysia (Malaya): Anti-British Conflict, 1948–1960
- Mass-Casualty Attacks and Strategic Targets
- Media and Propaganda in Counterterrorism
- Media Coverage and Manipulation in Modern Terrorism
- Media Coverage of 9/11
- Mexico: Narco-Terrorism, 2000s–Present
- Mexico: Zapatista Uprising, 1994–2000s
- Middle East, Middle Ages: Assassins’ Cult
- Modern Terrorism—Post–World War II Era (Overview)
- Money: Raising, Laundering, and Transfer
- N
- Namibia: Anti–South African Struggle, 1960–1990
- National Political Response to 9/11, U.S.
- Nepal: Maoist Uprising, 1996–2006
- New York City and State Response to 9/11
- Nicaragua: Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1974–1990
- Nigeria: Antigovernment Violence and Christmas Day Bomber, 1960s–2000s
- Norway: German Occupation, 1940–1945
- O
- Organization of Terrorist Groups
- Ottoman Empire (Turkey): Armenian Massacres and Genocide, 1894–1896, 1914–1916
- P
- Pakistan: Islamist Struggle, 1947–Present
- Palestine: Beginning of International Terrorism, 1968–1970
- Palestine: Birth of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization, 1948–1969
- Palestine, British: 1920–1947
- Palestine: First Intifada, 1987–1992
- Palestine: Islamist Fundamentalism, 1980s–Present
- Palestine: PLO and the Arab States, 1970s–Present
- Palestinian Terrorism: Hijacking of the Achille Lauro, 1985
- Palestinian Terrorism: Raids on Kiryat Shmona and Ma'alot, 1974
- Peru: Shining Path and Leftist Uprisings, 1970s–2000s
- Philippines: Marxist and Islamist Struggles, 1940s–2000s
- Portuguese Africa (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique): Liberation Struggles, 1961–1975
- Privacy Issues and Government Spying, Post–9/11
- Psychology of Terrorists
- R
- Recruitment and Training of Terrorists
- Religious (Non-Islamist) Terrorism
- Right-Wing and Reactionary Terrorism
- Romania: Nazi Collaboration, 1940–1942
- Russia: Anarchism, 1878–1881
- Russia: Chechnya Conflict, 1994–Present
- Russia: Civil War, 1917–1921
- Russia/Soviet Union: Ethnic and Nationalist Conflict in the Transcaucasus Region and Ukraine, 1980s–2000s
- Rwanda: Genocide, 1994–2000s
- S
- Safe Havens, Terrorist
- Saudi Arabia: Domestic and International Terrorism, 1980s–2000s
- Security and Defense Legislation, U.S., Post–9/11
- September 11, 2001: Attacks and Response (Overview)
- September 11, 2001: International Reaction (Overview)
- September 11, 2001: Political, Legal, and Social Issues (Overview)
- September 11, 2001: Security and Defense Responses (Overview)
- Serbia: Kosovo Conflict, 1990s
- Shock and Mourning, Post–9/11
- Sierra Leone: Civil War, 1997–2002
- Somalia: Failed State Conflict and Rise of Islamist Militants, 1977–2000s
- South Africa: Antiapartheid Struggle, 1948–1994
- South Africa: Postapartheid Violence, 1994–2000s
- Soviet Union: Stalinism, 1928–1953
- Soviet Union: Wartime Atrocities and Crimes, 1941–1945
- Spain: Conflict with ETA, 1959–2000s
- Spain: Islamist Terrorism, 2004
- Special Events Security, Post–9/11
- Special Operations, Counterterrorist
- Sri Lanka: Tamil Tiger Uprising, Late 1970s–2009
- State vs. Nonstate Terrorism
- State-Sponsored Terrorism
- Sudan: Conflicts in South Sudan and Darfur, Late 1950s–2000s
- Sudan: Terrorist Haven, 1989–2000s
- Suicide Attacks
- Syria: State Sponsorship of Terrorism, 1979–2000s
- T
- Tactics, Methods, and Aims of Modern Terrorism (Overview)
- Technology, Terrorist and Counterterrorist
- Terror Threat Warnings, Post–9/11
- Timor Leste (East Timor): Independence Struggle, 1975–2002
- Torture, Prisoner Abuse, and Extraordinary Rendition
- Turkey: Kurdish Struggle, 1984–2000s
- U
- Uganda: Lord's Resistance Army and Other Terrorist Groups, 1996–2001
- Uganda: State Terrorism Under Idi Amin, 1971–1979
- United Kingdom: Decolonization and Post-Decolonization Struggles, 1945–1970s
- United Kingdom: Islamist Terrorism, 2000s
- United Kingdom: Northern Ireland Troubles, 1968–2000s
- United States: Animal Rights, 1970s–2000s
- United States: Anthrax Attacks, 2001
- United States: Antiabortion Violence, 1973–Present
- United States: Aryan Nations and White Supremacists, 1970s–2000s
- United States: Black Panther Violence, 1966–1971
- United States: Ecoterrorism, 1980s–2000s
- United States: Indian Wars, 17th-19th Centuries
- United States: Ku Klux Klan Violence, 1865–1990s
- United States: Millennium Bomb Plot, 1999
- United States: Molly Maguires, 1860s–1870s
- United States: Oklahoma City Bombing and the Militia Movement, 1990s
- United States: Puerto Rican Separatism, 1950s–1980s
- United States: Response to Terrorism Before September 11: 1960s–2001
- United States: Symbionese Liberation Army Violence, 1970s
- United States: Tax Protesters, 1970s–Present
- United States: Weathermen Violence, 1960s–1970s
- United States: World Trade Center Bombing, 1993
- Urban vs. Rural Terrorism
- Uruguay: Tupamaro Uprising, 1960s–1985
- U.S. Armed Forces Missions, Post–9/11
- U.S. Foreign Policy, Post–9/11
- U.S. Foreign Relations, Post–9/11
- U.S. National Guard Missions, Post–9/11
- V
- Venezuela: Guerrilla Uprising, 1962–1979
- Victim Relief, Post–9/11
- Victims, Use of by Terrorists
- Victims and Survivors of 9/11
- Vietnam: U.S. War, 1959–1975
- W
- Weapons, Chemical and Biological
- Weapons, Conventional
- Weapons, Nuclear and Radiological
- World War I: Assassination at Sarajevo, 1914
- World War I: Atrocities, 1914–1918
- Y
- Yemen: Civil War and Islamist Terrorism, 1990s–2000s
- Yugoslavia: Anti-German Resistance, 1941–1945
- Z
- Zimbabwe (Rhodesia): Liberation Struggle and Postliberation Violence, 1965–2000s
- Primary Documents
- Josephus's Account of the Sicarii (ca. C.E. 75)
- Crusader Tactics, Excerpt from d'Aguilers's History (1099)
- The Ismaili Assassins, Account by Marco Polo (ca. 1271)
- Massacre at Lenthall, Account by Oliver Cromwell (ca. 1649)
- Robespierre's Reign of Terror, Miscellaneous Documents (1793–1794)
- John Brown's Raid, A Recollection (1859)
- The Sand Creek Massacre, Excerpt from the Congressional Testimony of John S. Smith (1865)
- Pogroms Against Russian Jews, News Dispatches (1881)
- August Spies and the Haymarket Riots, Excerpt from An Autobiographical Sketch (1886)
- Colonial Terror in the Congo Free State, Report of the British Consul (1904)
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, A Firsthand Account (1914)
- Occupation of Belgium in World War I, Report on German Outrages (1914)
- Armenian Massacres in the Ottoman Empire, Excerpt from the Bryce Report (1916)
- Russia's Red Terror, Miscellaneous Documents (1918–1919)
- Irish Declaration of Independence (1919)
- Zionist Manifesto, “The Iron Wall,” by Vladimir Jabotinsky (1923)
- Kristallnacht, Nazi Germany, Miscellaneous Documents (1938)
- Israeli Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (1948) and Amendments (1980, 1986, 1993)
- Tokyo Convention on Offenses Committed On Board Aircraft (1963)
- An American Nazi Manifesto, by George Lincoln Rockwell (1965)
- Palestinian National Charter (1968)
- French Canadian Separatism, FLQ Manifesto (1970)
- The Hague Convention on the Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (1970)
- OAS Convention to Prevent and Punish Acts of Terrorism (1971)
- Montreal Convention on Civil Aviation Safety (1971)
- Symbionese Liberation Army Manifesto (1973)
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons (1973)
- Convention on Biological and Toxin Weapons (1975)
- European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism (1977)
- UN Resolution 3034, Measures to Prevent International Terrorism (1977)
- UN Resolution 425, on the Withdrawal of Israeli Forces from Lebanon (1978)
- International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages (1979)
- Nuclear Material Convention (1980)
- Terrorist Affected Areas (Special Courts) Act, India (1984)
- UN Resolution 39/159, on State Terrorism (1984)
- SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism (1987)
- Supplement to the Montreal Convention of 1971 (1988)
- Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (1988)
- Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (1988)
- Covenant of Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement (1988)
- Montreal Convention on Plastic Explosives (1991)
- UN Resolution 731, on Libya's Support of Terrorism (1992)
- UN Resolution 748, Imposing Economic and Political Sanctions on Libya
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Statement of Principles (1992)
- Executive Order 12947, Prohibiting Transactions with Specially Designated Terrorists (1995)
- ETA Manifesto to the Basque Country (1995)
- Presidential Decision Directive 39, on Domestic Counterterrorism (1995)
- Unabomber Manifesto (1995)
- Ottawa Ministerial Declaration on Countering Terrorism (1995)
- UN Resolution 1044, on the Assassination Attempt on the Egyptian President (1996)
- Summit of Peacemakers: Sharm el-Sheikh Final Statement (1996)
- Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, Summary (1996)
- UN Resolution 1054, Imposing Sanctions in Connection with Resolution 1044 (1996)
- G-7 Declaration on Terrorism, Lyon, France (1996)
- Church Arson Prevention Act (1996)
- G-7/P-8 Ministerial Conference on Terrorism, Paris, Agreement (1996)
- UN Resolution 51/210, Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism (1996)
- International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (1997)
- World Islamic Front Statement, Osama bin Laden (1998)
- League of Arab States Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism (1998)
- UN Resolution 1189, Condemning the U.S. Embassy Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania (1998)
- UN Resolution 1193, on the Situation in Afghanistan and the Ruling Taliban (1998)
- UN Resolution 1214, on the Worsening Situation in Afghanistan (1998)
- New Year Statement, Irish Republican Army (1999)
- Convention of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on Combating International Terrorism (1999)
- UN Resolution 1267, Demanding the Extradition of Osama bin Laden from Afghanistan (1999)
- UN Resolution 1269, on the Responsibility of the Security Council in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security (1999)
- International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999)
- UN Resolution 1333, on the Continuing Situation in Afghanistan (2000)
- Statement of Explanation, Oklahoma City Bombing, Timothy McVeigh (2001)
- UN Resolution 56/1, Condemnation of Terrorist Attacks in the United States (2001)
- UN Resolution 1368, on Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts (2001)
- Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People, President George W. Bush, September 20, 2001
- OAS Resolution, Strengthening Hemispheric Cooperation to Prevent, Combat, and Eliminate Terrorism (2001)
- Executive Order on Terrorist Financing (2001)
- UN Resolution 1373, on Suppressing Terrorist Financing (2001)
- Al-Qaeda Statement on the War in Afghanistan (2001)
- IRA Statement on Disarmament (2001)
- USA PATRIOT Act, Summary by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (2001)
- Statement by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Antiterrorism Legislation (2001)
- Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act, United Kingdom, Summary (2001)
- Anti-Terrorism Act, Canada, Official Recommendation and Summary (2001)
- “Army of God Manual,” Excerpt (2002)
- Prevention of Terrorism Act, India (2002)
- Documents on Torture, George W. Bush Administration (2002)
- National Security Strategy of the United States, George W. Bush Administration (2002)
- Letter on Iraq from L. Paul Bremer to President George W. Bush (2003)
- Retroactive Immunity, FISA Amendments Act (2008)
- Final Report on the Mumbai Terrorist Attack of November 26, 2008 (2009)
- President Barack Obama Announces Troop Surge in Afghanistan (2009)
- “Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt,” Open Letter from Ayman al-Zawahiri (2011)
- President Barack Obama Announces the Killing of Osama bin Laden (2011)
- Chronology
- Directory of Terrorist Groups and Individuals
- Glossary
- Master Bibliography
- Books, Articles, and Reports
- Web Sites