Terrorism Books

New and Published Books

1. Leo Strauss and the Invasion of Iraq

   Encountering the Abyss

   By Aggie Hirst

   Series: Interventions

   The political philosophy of Leo Strauss has been the subject of significant scholarly and media attention in recent years, particularly in the context of the decision to invade Iraq in 2003. Allegations that a group of Strauss-inspired Neo-conservatives intervened in the foreign policy...

   Published June 16th 2013 by Routledge
2. United Nations Reform

   Heading North or South?

   By Spencer Zifcak

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   This book examines recent attempts at reform within the United Nations in the wake of the institutional crisis provoked by the invasion of Iraq. It contends that efforts at reform have foundered owing to fundamental and bitter political disagreements between the nations of the global North and...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. India and Counterinsurgency

   Lessons Learned

   Edited by Sumit Ganguly, David P. Fidler

   Series: Asian Security Studies

   This edited volume focuses on India's experiences waging counterinsurgency campaigns since its independence in 1947. Filling a clear gap in the literature, the book traces and assess the origins, evolution and current state of India's counterinsurgency strategies and capabilities, focusing on key...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
4. Targeting Terrorist Financing

   International Cooperation and New Regimes

   By Arabinda Acharya

   Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies

   This book examines the dynamics of terrorist financing, including a discussion about the importance of money from both the terrorist and the counter-terrorist perspective. Targeting Terrorist Financing argues that it is not the institutions that have failed the war on terrorist financing; rather...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
5. Democracy and Violence

   Global Debates and Local Challenges

   Edited by John Schwarzmantel, Hendrik Kraetzschmar

   Illustrated most dramatically by the events of 9/11 and the subsequent ‘war on terror’, violence represents a challenge to democratic politics and to the establishment of liberal-democratic regimes. Liberal-democracies have themselves not hesitated to use violence and restrict civil liberties as a...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence

   Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism

   By Sarah Sorial

   This book employs the theoretical framework of ‘speech act theory’ to analyse current legislative frameworks and cases pertaining to sedition or the advocacy of violence and the issue of freedom of speech. An analysis of the relation between speech and action offers a promising way of clarifying...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Russia and the World

   The Internal-External Nexus

   Edited by Natasha Kuhrt

   Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies

   This volume brings together analyses of key domestic, foreign and security policy issues during the Putin and Medvedev administrations. Indeed, the chapters demonstrate the extent to which domestic and foreign policy issues are inextricably linked, in particular in the domain of security, whether '...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
8. Self-Determination in the Post-9/11 Era

   By Elizabeth Chadwick

   Series: Routledge Research in International Law

   This book discusses the increasing tendency in certain government quarters to incorporate struggles by peoples for their self-determination into the wider anti-terrorist agenda of the post-9/11 era. This tendency distorts the laws of armed conflict and of peace alike. As inter-state anti-terrorist...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
9. Muslims and the State in the Post-9/11 West

   Edited by Erik Bleich

   From the terrorist attacks of 9/11 to the assassination of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh to the London transportation bombings, dramatic events of recent years have generated security concerns about Muslim communities in the West. These have added an additional layer to the tensions surrounding...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
10. Nuclear Terrorism and Global Security

    The Challenge of Phasing out Highly Enriched Uranium

    Edited by Alan J. Kuperman

    Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

    This book examines the prospects and challenges of a global phase-out of highly enriched uranium—and the risks of this material otherwise being used by terrorists to make atom bombs. Terrorist groups, such as Al Qaeda, have demonstrated repeatedly that they seek to acquire nuclear weapons....

    Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge