Terrorism and Homeland Security

by Jonathan R. White

Packed with engrossing examples and the most cutting-edge coverage available, best-selling TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY provides a theoretical and conceptual framework that enables you to understand how terrorism arises and how it functions. Acclaimed national terrorism expert Jonathan R. White discusses the theories of the world's best terrorist analysts, while focusing on the domestic and international threat of terrorism and basic security issues. You'll learn about the essential historical background on the phenomenon of terrorism and the roots of contemporary conflicts, current conflicts shaping the world stage, emerging groups (i.e., Boko Haram, Ansaru, and ISIS), and theoretical and concrete information about Homeland Security organizations. Each chapter also contains a new analysis of probable future trends in terrorism and security. The analysis of homeland security also discusses controversies surrounding human rights and protecting civil liberties. What's more, the MindTap that accompanies this text helps students practice and master techniques and key concepts while engaging them with video cases, career scenarios, visual summaries, and more.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction, History, Terrorism

528 pages, Hardcover

Published January 4, 2016

Reviews

[☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ ѕℓιм ☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for my government- terrorism class. I thought this book was okay

[Rachel Bayles · Rating 3 out of 5]

This textbook is essentially a 600-page literature review. It has some interesting information, but it's hard to slog through, and some of the writing is downright bad. The author will try to jam in a synopsis of everyone's research on a particular topic, and it just ends up reading like class notes. It seems like the first edition got rushed to print, and they never went back to edit. Not recommended for an intro class, but only for people who are motivated enough to want to see the study of terrorism through the lens of specific research papers.

[Susie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a textbook so it's not like I'm going to rate it as high as a book I've chosen to read. That being said, it was a really good introduction to the domestic/international political/social issues involved in terrorism.

[Michal · Rating 1 out of 5]

Average at best. Full of ideas and concept that do not mesh with the real life. Definitions of polices specifically attributed to named organizations do seem to mesh with reality.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

BU MCJ 650 Terrorism course text book

[Jenn Lambert · Rating 1 out of 5]

its a confusing school book with no real definitions, just contrasting ideas