The Changing Face of Terrorism

by Rohan Gunaratna (Editor)

Eleven contributions from academics, journalists, and field operatives consider how terrorism has evolved from the Cold War to the present. Gunaratna (Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, Singapore) opens the volume with two papers discussing the new environment for terrorism and its mutation into a global phenomenon. Other topics include the British police response to terrorism; the use of the Internet for fundraising and propaganda; and lessons from the Al Qaeda videotape archive. Distributed in the U.S. by ISBS. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

200 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2004

About the author

Rohan Gunaratna is the head of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. By its size, ICPVTR is one of the largest counter terrorism research and training centres in the world.