1st Edition

Political Terrorism A New Guide to Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, and Literature

By A.J. Jongman Copyright 2005
720 Pages
by Routledge

720 Pages
by Routledge

700 Pages
by Routledge

While there is no easy way to define terrorism, it may generally be viewed as a method of violence in which civilians are targeted with the objective of forcing a perceived enemy into submission by creating fear, demoralization, and political friction in the population under attack. At one time a marginal field of study in the social sciences, terrorism is now very much in center stage. The 1970s... Read more
Terrorism and Related Concepts. Definition. Typologies (in collaboration with M. Stohl and P.A. Flemming). Theories. Data and Data Bases on State and Non-State Terrorism (in collaboration with R. Thysse). The Literature of Terrorism. A Bibliography of Political Terrorism (in collaboration with J. Brand and A. van der Poel). World Directory of Terrorist and Other Organization Associated with Guerilla Warfare, Political Violence, and Protest (by A.J. Jongman, in collaboration with A.P. Schmid).

Biography

A.J. Jongman