Terrorism and Homeland Security: An Introduction

by Jonathan R. White

TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY: AN INTRODUCTION, Sixth Edition, is the best-selling terrorism book on the market. National terrorism expert Jonathan R. White provides specific examples that will enable you to understand how terrorism arises and how it functions. Dr. White gives essential historical (pre-1980) background on the phenomenon of terrorism and the roots of contemporary conflicts, includes detailed descriptions of recent and contemporary conflicts shaping the world stage, and presents theoretical and concrete information about Homeland Security organizations. Throughout, he reviews the relevant issues and challenges. With this sixth edition, Dr. White has fine-tuned the text and kept pace with the state of terrorism in today's world.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction, History, Terrorism

566 pages, Hardcover

Published January 3, 2008

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