Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-416) and index.
Contents:
Section 1. Know the terrorist. Chapter 1. Your mission : critical awareness -- Chapter 2. Who they are : identifying terrorist operatives -- Chapter 3. Intelligence profiling suspected terrorists -- Chapter 4. Terrorist training -- Chapter 5. Terrorism 101 : why the terrorist chooses this path -- Chapter 6. What terrorists believe -- Section 2. Identifying the terrorist group and its cells. Chapter 7. Terrorist group organization -- Chapter 8. The terrorist cell -- Chapter 9. Terrorist strategies and target selection -- Section 3. Detection of key terrorist activities. Chapter 10. Terrorist preparations for attack : safe houses, finances and mobility -- Chapter 11. The terrorist's tools : conventional weapons identification -- Chapter 12. The terrorist's tools : nuclear, biological, chemical weapons and equipment identification -- Section 4. Predicting an attack. Chapter 13. Terrorist surveillance techniques -- Chapter 14. Detecting infiltration and special mission techniques -- Chapter 15. The decision and attack sequence -- Chapter 16. The basics of analyzing intelligence and predicting terrorism events -- Chapter 17. Point of danger : law enforcement traffic stops and encountering terrorists -- Chapter 18. Point of failure : terrorist operations and tactics -- Section 5.The new fields of terror. Chapter 19. A primer on Al-Qaeda and the global extremist insurgency -- Chapter 20. Suicide terrorism: tactics, equipment and management -- Chapter 21.Terrorism and insurgency in the Iraq War (2003-2008) -- Section 6. Supplemental data, bibliography and appendices. Bibliography -- Appendix A. Global terrorist groups -- Appendix B. Explosive components and ingredients checklists -- Index.
Summary:
Written by a 20-year veteran of the U.S. intelligence community, this second edition reflects the latest geopolitical factors affecting global terrorist incidents and regional insurgencies. A new section includes an analysis of transformations within Al Qaeda, coverage of the modern insurgency, and new global and regional terrorist groups. Completely updated, the section on terrorist tactics reveals the latest trends and attack methods and includes a new chapter on previously unseen suicide bombings. This book is an invaluable training tool on how to identify an attack; how to mitigate damage from successful attacks; and how to recognize the various stages of developing terrorist plots.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.