Psychology of Strategic Terrorism - Public and Government Responses to Attack

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Explores terrorism and strategic terror! examining how the public responds to terrorist attacks! and what authorities can do in such situations. This book examines five contemporary case studies of the psychological and behavioural effects of strategic terror! from either terrorist attacks or aerial bombardment. Zusammenfassung This cross- disciplinary volume explores terrorism and strategic terror, examining how the public responds to terrorist attacks, and what authorities can do in such situations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Ben Sheppard, Sheppard Ben
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2008
• EAN: 9780415471954
• ISBN: 978-0-415-47195-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies; Contemporary Terrorism Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Psychology, Terrorism, armed struggle