The mind of the terrorist: the psychology of terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda

Terrorism did not begin with 9/11. This book remembers the long history of terrorism and considers the question: what makes people terrorists? By looking into the mind of terrorists, Post sheds light on their paths to pathology and provides detailed analysis of how to combat them in the contemporary world. INDICE: Introduction: Terrorists and Terrorism - PART I: WHEN HATRED IS BRED IN THE BONE: NATIONAL-SEPARATIST TERRORISM - Secular Palestinian Terrorism - The Irish and Basque - The Kurds and Tamils - PART II: REBELLION AGAINST THEGENERATION OF THEIR PARENTS: SOCIAL-REVOLUTIONARY TERRORISM - European and North American Cases - Latin American Cases - PART III: KILLING IN THE NAME OF GOD: RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST TERRORISM HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS - Al Qaeda and Osama binLaden - Killing in the Name of Other Gods - PART IV: THE CHANGING FACE OF TERRORISM - Global Jihad and Suicide Terrorism - Weapons of Mass Destruction and Mass Disruption - Challenges and Implications -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61269-3
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 23/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés