Gus Martin 
Understanding Terrorism [EPUB ebook] 
Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues

Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues offers a multidisciplinary, comprehensive exploration of domestic and international terrorism that helps students develop the knowledge and skills needed to critically assess the expressions and underlying causes of terrorism. Martin explores theory and provides in-depth analysis in an accessible, engaging manner that helps readers develop the knowledge and skills they need to engage meaningfully with this robust course.

Daftar Isi

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Introduction and Rationale

Part I • Terrorism: A Conceptual Review

Chapter 1 • Terrorism: First Impressions

Chapter 2 • The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism

Chapter 3 • Beginnings: The Causes of Terrorism

Part II • Terrorist Environments and Typologies

Chapter 4 • Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State

Chapter 5 • Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents

Chapter 6 • Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism

Chapter 7 • Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and Right

Chapter 8 • Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism

Chapter 9 • Emerging Terrorist Environments: Gender-Selective Political Violence and Criminal Dissident Terrorism

Part III • The Terrorist Trade and Counterterrorism

Chapter 10 • Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists

Chapter 11 • The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence and the Role of the Media

Chapter 12 • The American Case: Terrorism in the United States

Chapter 13 • Counterterrorism: The Options

Part IV • Securing the Homeland

Chapter 14 • A New Era: Homeland Security

Chapter 15 • What Next?: The Future of Terrorism

Appendix A: Map References

Appendix B: Prominent Persons and Organizations

Appendix C: Two Thousand Years of Terror

Glossary

Notes

Index

Tentang Penulis

Clarence Augustus “Gus” Martin is a Professor and founding Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice Administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he teaches courses on terrorism and extremism,   criminal law, and the criminal justice system. He has served as founding Director of the School of Public Service and Justice. He also served as Associate Vice President for Human Resources Management, Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, and Chair of the Department of Public Administration. He began his academic career as a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, where he was an Administration of Justice professor. His current research and professional interests are terrorism and extremism, homeland security, and the administration of justice.Dr. Martin is author of several books on the subjects of terrorism and homeland security, including Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues (Sage, 2025); Terrorism and WMDs: Awareness and Response, Third Edition (with John Pichtel, CRC Press, 2025); Understanding Homeland Security (Sage, 2024); The Handbook of Homeland Security (with Scott Romaniuk and Martin Scott Catino; Routledge, 2023); Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies (Sage, 2022); Terrorism: An International Perspective (with Fynnwin Prager; Sage, 2019); The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition (Sage, 2011); Terrorism and Homeland Security (Sage, 2011); and The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings (Sage, 2004). He is also author of Juvenile Justice: Process and Systems (Sage, 2005).Prior to joining academia, Dr. Martin served as Managing Attorney for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, where he was also director of a program created under a federal consent decree to desegregate public and assisted housing. He was also Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands on the island of St. Thomas. As Special Counsel, he occupied a personal and confidential position in the central office of the Department of Justice; sat as hearing officer for disciplinary hearings and departmental grievances; served as chair of the Drug Policy Committee; served as liaison to the intergovernmental Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee as well as to the Narcotics Strike Force; and provided daily legal and policy advice to the Attorney General. Prior to serving as Special Counsel, he was a “floor” Legislative Assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York. As Legislative Assistant, he researched, evaluated and drafted legislation in areas of foreign policy, foreign aid, human rights, housing, education, social services, and poverty; he also drafted House floor statements,  Congressional Record inserts, press releases, and news articles; and he composed speeches, briefing materials, and legislative correspondence.Dr. Martin received his A.B. degree from Harvard College, J.D. from Duquesne University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, and Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.