This reference text explains what modern piracy is, where and why it happens, and what measures are being taken to combat it.
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This reference text explains what modern piracy is, where and why it happens, and what measures are being taken to combat it.
Piracy is not simply a fabled part of seafaring history that serves as a foundation for entertaining Hollywood movies. Piracy is alive and well in the modern world. Armed with sophisticated tools like GPS locators and cell phones, today's pirates prey on both commercial and priv…
This reference text explains what modern piracy is, where and why it happens, and what measures are being taken to combat it. Piracy is alive and well in modern world. Armed with sophisticated tools like GPS locators and cell phones, today's pirates prey on both commercial and p…
Examines modern piracy from the mid-1970s to today. Covers both the causes and consequences of present-day piracy and evaluates its impact on a number of related issues, including international law, commercial shipping, and terrorism.
Throughout the 1990s a vast conflict was brewing. The storm broke on September 11th 2001. Since then much of the world has seen invasions, bombings, battles and riots. Hundreds of thousands of people have died. This title reveals the true nature of contemporary Islamic militancy…
During the last 50 years, the world has seen the rise of a particularly virulent threat to international order -- terrorist attacks. The theory and several methods of terrorism have long histories, arguably tracing to the Old Testament with the first political assassination; how…
The 50 worst terrorist attacks
by Mickolus, Edward F., Simmons, Susan L.
fromPraeger security international
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Type: Book
During the last 50 years, the world has seen the rise of a particularly virulent threat to international order -- terrorist attacks. The theory and several methods of terrorism have long histories, arguably tracing to the Old Testament with the first political assassination; how…
This book tells the story of how Al Qaeda grew in the West. In forensic and compelling detail, Jytte Klausen traces how Islamist revolutionaries exiled in Europe and North America in the 1990s helped create and control one of the world's most impactful terrorist movements - and …
"This book tells the story of how Al Qaeda grew in the West. In forensic and compelling detail, Jytte Klausen traces how Islamist revolutionaries exiled in Europe and North America in the 1990s helped create and control one of the world's most impactful terrorist movements--and …
This book tells the story of Al Qaeda and its development in the West.
This book addresses the issues of radicalism and terrorism, which are of exceptional importance and relevance in contemporary society. Each of the two phenomena are analyzed from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book contains articles which explore legal, political, psycholo…