From the First Egyptian National Jihadists to Al-Qaeda
At the turn of the Twenty-first century, a number of violent jihadi groups laid down their arms, as in the case of Egypt and Libya. Many of those former fighters ceased actual violence, and some of them took a step forward, initiating processes of ideological de-radicalization and doctrinal changes that deeply transformed their stance towards the ......
This book argues that apocalypse films offer instruction about architecture's social significance. Through set design, films suggest that certain kinds of architecture support human development, community, and freedom, while other kinds separate us from our fellow humans and make democratic politics impossible.
Armed Groups is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the key actors that pose a threat to today's security arena-terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations-and analyzing their characteristics to provide a thorough overview. Drawing on case studies, histories, and a rich, ......
Armed Groups is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the key actors that pose a threat to today's security arena-terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations-and analyzing their characteristics to provide a thorough overview. Drawing on case studies, histories, and a rich, ......
This timely book offers a world history of insurgencies and of counterinsurgency warfare. Working beyond traditional Western-centric narrative, arguing that it is crucial to ground experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq in a global framework. Unlike other studies that begin with the American and French revolutions, this book reaches back to antiquity ......
This timely book offers a world history of insurgencies and of counterinsurgency warfare. Working beyond traditional Western-centric narrative, arguing that it is crucial to ground experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq in a global framework. Unlike other studies that begin with the American and French revolutions, this book reaches back to antiquity ......
Terror and Torture under Brazil's Military Regime, 1964-1985
Concrete Inferno is an accessible case study of the Brazilian Communist movement during the Cold War, filling a gap in English-language terrorism studies.
The Toxic Seduction of Social Media, Shaming, and Radicalization
Betraying Dignity claims that contemporary distress causes individuals and nations around the world to abandon the dignity-based culture of human rights, and embrace new manifestations of honor-based cultures, like extreme nationalism, Jihad, and shaming. This book distinguishes dignity as a way of fortifying the culture of human rights.
In this book , the author explains previously unaddressed historical outcomes resulting from the combined impact of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the United States' subsequent Global War on Terror. While expounding on the finer details of the decades-long interaction between militant jihadism and the Global War on Terror, the analysis ......
