1st Edition
The Psychology of Strategic Terrorism Public and Government Responses to Attack
By Ben Sheppard
Copyright 2009
264 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
This new volume explores terrorism and strategic terror, examining how the public responds to terrorist attacks, and what authorities can do in such situations.
The book uses a unique interdisciplinary approach, which combines the behavioural sciences and international relations, in order to further the understanding of the 'terror' generated by strategic terror. The work examines five... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Overview of the key disciplines 3. Methodological Parameters 4. Israel and the Scud Missile Attacks During the 1991 Gulf War 5. The Tokyo Sarin Attack 6. September 11 Attacks 7. 2001 Anthrax Attacks 8. Israel and the Second Intifada 9. Conclusion. Selected Bibliography
Biography
Ben Sheppard is an Adjunct Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC, specialising on the terror of terrorism and missile proliferation. He has a PhD from King’s College London.
