This three-volume set is a unique initiative that provides the most comprehensive coverage of terrorism laws available. Today, the issues surrounding terrorism has attracted global attention and this encyclopedia provides readers with various legal options to tackle terrorism.
Pasca Perang Dingin memicu perkembangan gerakan terorisme di muka bumi akhir-akhir ini, hampir di seluruh negara telah mengalami ancaman dan korban akibat kebiadaban teroris. Indonesia pasca reformasi merupakan wilayah geografis yang sangat strategis untuk dijadikan media oleh kelompok- kelompok jaringan teroris guna menyampaikan pesan, maraknya bom yang terjadi di Indonesia membuat bingung …
Ahmed Rashid is the voice of reason amid the chaos of Central Asia today. His unique knowledge of this complex, war-torn region gives him a panoramic vision and grasp of nuance that no Western writer can emulate. In Descent Into Chaos, Rashid reviews the regional conditions since 9/11 and the catastrophic aftermath of America’s failed war on terror. The underlying theme is clear, devastating …
Since 9/11, the war in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq, the West has been fighting a 'War on Terror', through force and through the building of new societies in the region. In this clear and devastating account, with unparalleled access and intimate knowledge of the political players, Descent into Chaos chronicles our failure. Having reported from central Asia for a quarter of a century…
The terrorism phenomenon, which occurred since mankind was created, has been always denounced and rejected throughout history. So it is as old as mankind. But it is in human nature to love goodness, peace, security and stability while evil and violence have remained strange and anomalous manifestations and contrary to God's creation of man. Thus, human history has bad memories of these manifest…
Here are the authorized major speeches and statements by President George W. Bush on the most important issue facing the United States and perhaps the world today: global terrorism. The book begins with the terrible events of September 11, 2001, and concludes on Memorial Day, May 31, 2003, following the end of the war in Iraq. We Will Prevail is a definitive and timely record of the new fore…
The first half of the book addresses the international context. Chapters in this part consider the impact of September 11 on the UN's concern for the rights and security of states relative to those of individuals, as well as the changing attitudes of various Western powers toward multilateral vs. unilateral approaches to international problems. The second half of the book focuses more closel…
According to the author the greatest danger for Americans confronting the Islamist threat is to believe—at the urging of U.S. leaders—that Muslims attack us for what we are and what we think rather than for what we do. Blustering political rhetoric “informs” the public that the Islamists are offended by the Western world’s democratic freedoms, civil liberties, inter-mingling of gender…
Who is Osama bin Laden—the only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy war? What drives him and those he leads to hate a West that helped enrich and arm them? Bin Laden’s name has been linked to a number of incidents that have cost Americans their lives, including the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 and the destruction of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Now, he …
As bad as they are, why aren't terrorists worse? With biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons at hand, they easily could be. And, as this chilling book suggests, they soon may well be. A former member of the National Security Council staff, Jessica Stern guides us expertly through a post-Cold War world in which the threat of all-out nuclear war, devastating but highly unlikely, is being repla…