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  • Tickling the Dragon's Tail

    Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Scientists in the Nuclear Age

    by Jeffrey Kaplan ...
    Why is the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever before?In Tickling the Dragon's Tail, readers are taken deep inside the political and military decisions that have shaped our nuclear age. From the bombing of Hiroshima to near-catastrophes like the Cuban Missile Crisis and a NATO exercise that almost triggered World War III, this gripping history uncovers the hidden motivations and power ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Early Israeli Settler Movement

    The Birth Pangs of Gush Emunim

    by Jeffrey Kaplan ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
    This book examines the religious, intellectual and historical roots of the Israeli settlement movement through the lens of various strands of Zionism.The book opens with a discussion of religious Zionism, especially through the lens of the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook and his son Zvi Yehuda Kook. The author notes the remarkable growth of a once marginal movement into a rapidly growing ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Legacy of 9/11

    Transformations of Policing, Intelligence, and Counter-Terrorism

    Edited by Ryan Shaffer, Jeffrey Kaplan ...
    The Legacy of 9/11 is a retrospective about how policing, intelligence, and counter-terrorism have changed in the more than twenty years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.Bringing together scholars and practitioners, the book takes an interdisciplinary approach with fields including history, international relations, intelligence studies, law, and political science. It highlights how ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Terrorist Groups and the New Tribalism

    Terrorism’s Fifth Wave

    by Jeffrey Kaplan ...
    Series series Political Violence
    The central focus of this book is a small but vitally important group of movements that constitute a distinct 'fifth wave' of modern terrorism, here called the "New Tribalism".Terrorist Groups and the New Tribalism examines a collection of terrorist or insurgent movements whose similarity in tactics, strategic vision and desire to radically reshape their worlds to conform with a ‘Golden Age’ dream ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Radical Religion and Violence

    Theory and Case Studies

    by Jeffrey Kaplan ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    Jeffrey Kaplan has been one of the most influential scholars of new religious movements, extremism and terrorism. His pioneering use of interpretive fieldwork among radical and violent subcultures opened up new fields of scholarship and vastly increased our understanding of the beliefs and activities of extremists. This collection features many of his seminal contributions to the field alongside ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Apocalypse, Revolution and Terrorism

    From the Sicari to the American Revolt against the Modern World

    by Jeffrey Kaplan ...
    Series series Political Violence
    This book focuses on religiously driven oppositional violence through the ages. Beginning with the 1st-century Sicari, it examines the commonalities that link apocalypticism, revolution, and terrorism occurring in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam past and present.It is divided into two sections, 'This was Then' and 'This is Now', which together examine the cultural and religious history of ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The 21st Century Cold War

    A New World Order?

    Edited by Jeffrey Kaplan ...
    The 21st Century Cold War is a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the pattern of Russian interference in the internal affairs of other nations, suggesting that what in the Cold War was a simple conflict of East vs. West has expanded into a conflict between Russia and two increasingly separate Wests.The book begins with an examination of the structure of the Cold War and post-Cold War ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Millennial Violence

    Past, Present and Future

    Edited by Jeffrey Kaplan ...
    This volume encompasses an array of material exploring the millennium phenomenon and the violent excitement it provokes. Consisting of three core parts, the book combines pertinent documents with insightful commentary and discussion. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Lone Wolf and Autonomous Cell Terrorism

    Edited by Leena Malkki, Jeffrey Kaplan, Heléne Lööw ...
    President Obama has declared that the greatest terrorist threat which America faces is attacks by lone wolf terrorists. This volume expands the lone wolf rubric to include autonomous cells: small groups of terrorists who cooperate, but operate independently. The challenge presented by lone wolves and autonomous cells, unlike the threat emanating from established terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, has ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Countering Terrorism

    by Martha Crenshaw, Gary LaFree ...
    Can We Construct a Grand Strategy to Counter Terrorism?Fifteen years after September 11, the United States still faces terror threats-both domestic and foreign. After years of wars, ever more intensive and pervasive surveillance, enhanced security measures at major transportation centers, and many attempts to explain who we are fighting and why and how to fight them, the threats continue to ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Mass-Mediated Terrorism

    Mainstream and Digital Media in Terrorism and Counterterrorism

    by Brigitte Nacos ...
    With all new and expanded chapters, the third edition provides an in-depth look at how terrorists exploit mass media to get attention, spread fear and anxiety among the targets of this sort of violence, and threaten further attacks. The traditional news media’s appetite for shocking, sensational, and tragic stories has always resulted in over-coverage of terrorist events and threats. But today, ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Contemporary Debates on Terrorism

    Edited by Richard Jackson, Daniela Pisoiu ...
    Contemporary Debates on Terrorism is an innovative textbook, addressing a number of key issues in terrorism studies from both traditional and 'critical' perspectives. This second edition has been revised and updated to cover contemporary issues such as the rise of ISIL and cyberterrorism.In recent years, the terrorism studies field has grown in quantity and quality, with a growing number of ... Read more

    $61.99 USD