Faceless Enemy - The Origins of Modern Terrorism

Informationen zum Autor Glenn E. Schweitzer is Director of Central European and Eurasian Affairs at the National Academy of Sciences. Carole Dorsch Schweitzer is executive editor of Association Management magazine and the author of Russian Lessons. Klappentext An authoritative history of technological terrorism that provides new insights into current events Zusammenfassung Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network is only one of hundreds of terrorist organizations around the world. Others wait for their own cues to follow similar scripts for using modern technologies to terrorize vulnerable populations. In A Faceless Enemy , Glenn Schweitzer provides a sweeping history of the technologies that are at the heart of this new and deadly terrorism and gives us a fuller understanding of the relationships between terrorists and drug traffickers, the potential threat of cyberterrorism, and the now very tangible risks posed by bioterrorism and chemoterrorism. Based on the authors' long careers in science and international politics, and drawing upon interviews with diplomats and intelligence operatives around the globe, A Faceless Enemy is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the complex issues related to terrorism and the future of international security.

Product details

• Authors: Carol Schweitzer, Carole Dorsch Schweitzer, Glenn Schweitzer, Glenn E Schweitzer, Glenn E. Schweitzer, Glenn E. Schweitzer Schweitzer
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 99
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.05.2002
• EAN: 9780738207575
• ISBN: 978-0-7382-0757-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism