The new era of terrorism: selected readings

Introduction

Acknowledgments

1. Prologue : rethinking policy and theory in the new era of terrorism. Rethinking terrorism and counterterrorism since 9/11 / Bruce Hoffman

The unipolar moment revisited / Charles Krauthammer

Foreword : freedom and security after September 11 / Viet D. Dinh

Part I. Conceptualizing the threat in the new era. 2. The new era in perspective. A historical analysis of mass casualty bombers / Chris Quillen

Harbinger or aberration? A 9/11 provocation / John Mueller

The imbalance of terror / Thérèse Delpech

3. Defining terrorism in the new era. Terrorism : the problem of definition revisited / H.H.A. Cooper

Mixed message : the Arab and Muslim response to terrorism / Mustafa Al Sayyid

Choices of law, choices of war / Noah Feldman

4. Causes of terrorism in the new era. Cross-regional trends in female terrorism / Karla J. Cunningham

God and mammon : does poverty cause militant Islam? / Daniel Pipes

The radical right after 9/11 / Daniel Levitas

Part II. Terrorist behavior in the new era. 5. Exotic terrorism. What it takes to become a nuclear terrorist / Friedrich Steinhausler

The rise of complex terrorism / Thomas Homer-Dixon

The culture of martyrdom : how suicide bombing became not just a means but an end / David Brooks

6. The new era of religious terrorism. Just war, jihad, and terrorism : a comparison of Western and Islamic norms for the use of political violence / Adam L. Silverman

Must innocents die? The Islamic debate over suicide attacks / Haim Malka

The new terrorism : securing the nation against a Messianic foe / Steven Simon

7. The near future of terrorism. The terrorist calculus behind 9-11 : a model for future terrorism? / Brigitte L. Nacos

Can terrorists get the bomb? / Gary Milhollin

Russia, Islam, and the war on terrorism : an uneasy future / Ariel Cohen

Part III. What is to be done? Policy choices in the new era. 8. Issues and challenges for counterterrorism. There are no rules (George W. Bush) : international order after September 11 / Andrew Hurrell

Rights, liberties, and security : recalibrating the balance after September 11 / Stuart Taylor, Jr.

A nasty business / Bruce Hoffman

9. Counterterrorist options in the new era. Terrorism and the use of force / Geir Ulfstein

A new strategy for the new face of terrorism / L. Paul Bremer III

Smarter intelligence / John Deutch and Jeffrey H. Smith

10. Forging alliances in the new era. The end of the unipolar moment? September 11 and the future of the world order / Steve Smith

The future of international coalitions : how useful? How manageable? / Paul Dibb

They the people : our abandoned Muslim allies / Azar Nafisi

Index

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