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Overview Sources

The anatomy of terrorism. David E. Long. New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1990.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .L66 1990

Anti-American terrorism and the Middle East : a documentary reader. Ed. Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin. New York : Oxford U P, 2002.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .A566 2002

The Baader-Meinhof group : the inside story of a phenomenon. Stefan Aust. Trans. Anthea Bell. London : Bodley Head, 1987.
Haggard 3 -Books HX279 .A7713 1987

The Central Intelligence Agency. Ed. Helen Cothran. Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven, 2003.
Wilson 4E -Books JK468.I6 C4545 2003

The directory of international terrorism. George Rosie. New York : Paragon, 1987.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .R67 1987

The dynamics of the armed struggle. J. Bowyer Bell. London : Frank Cass, 1998.
Wilson 4E -Books JC328.6 .B45 1998

From chivalry to terrorism : war and the changing nature of masculinity. Leo Braudy. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Haggard 3 -Books HQ1090 .B7 2003

The future of terrorism : violence in the new millennium. Ed. Harvey W. Kushner. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage, 1998.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .F87 1998

Historical dictionary of terrorism. Sean K. Anderson and Stephen Sloan. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow, 2002.
SpecColl-The Western Coll Anderson

Inside terrorism. Bruce Hoffman. New York : Columbia U P, 1998.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .H626 1998

Inside terrorist organizations. David C. Rapoport, ed. New York : Columbia U P, 1988.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .I48 1988

International law and the war on terror. Eds. Fred L. Borch and Paul S. Wilson. Newport, RI : Naval War College, 2003.
Haggard 2-Gov Information D 208.207:79

International terrorism : a bibliography. Amos Lakos. Boulder, CO : Westview, 1986.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .L3 1986

International terrorism : an introduction to concepts and actors. Donna M. Schlagheck. Lexington, MA : Lexington, 1988.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .S33 1988

The new jackals : Ramzi Yousef, Osama Bin Laden and the future of terrorism. Simon Reeve. Boston : Northeastern U P, 1999.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .R42 1999

The new terrorism : fanaticism and the arms of mass destruction. Walter Laqueur. New York : Oxford U P, 1999.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .L35 1999

Political violence and terror : motifs and motivations. Peter H. Merkl, ed. Berkeley : U of California P, 1986.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .P63 1986

The spirit of terrorism ; and, Requiem for the twin towers. Jean Baudrillard. Trans. Chris Turner. London : Verso, 2002.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .B3813 2002

Tainted legacy : 9/11 and the ruin of human rights. William F. Schulz. New York : Thunder's Mouth, 2003.
Wilson 4E -Books JC585 .S4328 2003

Talking terrorism : a dictionary of the loaded language of political violence. Philip Herbst. Westport, CT : Greenwood, 2003.
Wilson 2W -CurrentInterest (then Haggard 3 -Books) HV6431 .H455 2003

Terrorism. Ed. William Dudley. Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven, 2003.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .T443 2003

Terrorism : a documentary history. Comp. Bruce Maxwell. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2003.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .T4594 2003

Terrorism : assassins to zealots. Sean Kendall Anderson and Stephen Sloan. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow, 2003.
SpecColl-The Western Coll Anderson, S.K.

Terrorism : opposing viewpoints. Laura K. Egendorf, ed. San Diego : Greenhaven, 2000.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .T485 2000

Terrorism : roots, impact, responses. Lawrence Howard, ed. New York : Praeger, 1992.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .T497 1992

Terrorism : theirs and ours. Eqbal Ahmad. New York : Seven Stories, 2001.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .A36 2001

Terrorism and collective responsibility. Burleigh Taylor Wilkins. London : Routledge, 1992.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .W55 1992

Terrorism and democratic stability. Jennifer S. Holmes. Manchester : Manchester U P, 2001.
Wilson 4E -Books JC330.2 .H65 2001

Terrorism and modern literature, from Joseph Conrad to Ciaran Carson. Alex Houen. Oxford : Oxford U P, 2002.
Wilson 4W -Books PR478 .T47 H68 2002

Terrorism reader. Ed. Gabrielle Perry. Huntington, NY : Nova Science, 2001.
Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .T468 2001

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Specific Topics

Contents: Bioterrorism | Cyberterrorism | Ecoterrorism | Law & Terrorism | Nuclear Terrorism | Press & Media | Religious Aspects of Terrorism | State-Sponsored Terrorism | Terrorism - Prevention | Terrorism - United States


Bioterrorism

This aspect of terrorism involves using biological agents (viruses and bacteria) on populations of innocent people.

  • Agricultural biological weapons threat to the United States : hearing before the
    Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services,
    United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, October 27, 1999
    Haggard 2 -Gov Information Y 4.AR 5/3:S.HRG.106-583

  • America's Achilles' heel : nuclear, biological, and chemical terrorism and covert attack. [electronic resource] Richard A. Falkenrath, Robert D. Newman, and Bradley A. Thayer. Cambridge, MA : MIT, 1998.
    Online access via netLibrary

  • Biological and chemical weapons. Ed. David M. Haugen. San Diego, CA : Greenhaven, 2001.
    Wilson 4W -Books UG447.8 .B53 2001

  • Biological warfare : opposing viewpoints. Ed. William Dudley. San Diego : Greenhaven, 2004.
    Wilson 4W -Books UG447.8 .B5653 2004

  • Bioterrorism
    Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Program in Brief information. Explains CDC's role in bioterrorism, and includes links to a number of relevant documents.
    http://www.bt.cdc.gov/

  • Bioterrorism FAQs
    Sponsored by the Indiana State Department of Health.
    http://www.state.in.us/isdh/healthinfo/bioterrorism.htm

  • Chemical and biological terrorism : research and development to improve civilian medical response / Committee on R&D Needs for Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical and Biological Terrorism Incidents, Health Sciences Policy Program, Institute of Medicine and Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
    Wilson 4W-Books RA648 .C525 1999

  • Countering biological terrorism in the U.S. : an understanding of issues and status. David W. Siegrist and Janice M. Graham. Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 1999.
    Wilson 4W -Books UG447.8 .P68 1999

  • The global threat of new and reemerging infectious diseases : reconciling U.S. national security and public health policy. Jennifer Brower and Peter Chalk. Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2003.
    Wilson 4W -Books RA643.5 .G564 2003

  • Lethal mists : an introduction to the natural and military sciences of chemical, biological warfare and terrorism. Eric R. Taylor. Commack, NY : Nova Science, 1999.
    Wilson 4W -Books UG447 .T393 1999

  • A review of federal bioterrorism preparedness programs from a public health perspective : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, October 10, 2001.  Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 2002.
    Haggard 2 -Goverment Information Y 4.C 73/8:107-70

  • Toxic terror : assessing terrorist use of chemical and biological weapons. Ed. Jonathan B. Tucker. Cambridge : MIT P, 2000.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .T68 2000

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Cyberterrorism

This relatively new area of terrorism includes works that deal with attacks on technology, particularly computer systems.

  • Black ice : the invisible threat of cyber-terrorism. Dan Verton. New York : McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .V47 2003

  • Computer security : are we prepared for cyberwar? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Respresentatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, March 9, 2000
    Haggard 2 -Gov Inf Project Y 4.G 74/7:SE 2/16

  • Cyber Security Research and Development Act : report (to accompany H.R. 3394) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 2002.
    Wilson 2W-Gov Inf M-fiche Y 1.1/8:107-355/PT.1-

  • CyberTerrorism
    Definition, statistics and related links via the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, East Tennessee State University.
    http://www-cs.etsu.edu/gotterbarn/stdntppr/index.htm

  • Cyber terrorism and information warfare / [edited by] Yonah Alexander and Michael S.
    Swetnam (a four volume set)
    Wilson 4W -Books U163 .C933 1999

  • H.R. 4246, the Cyber Security Information Act of 2000 :an examination of issues involving public-private partnerships for critical infrastructures : hearing before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, on H.R. 4246 ... June 22, 2000
    Wilson 2W-Gov Inf M-fiche Y 4.G 74/7:SE 2/17

  • Hate.com : extremists on the Internet. [videorecording] Dirs. Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 2000.
    Addresses the use of the Internet to spread messages of hate and violence.
    Wilson 2W - Video Collection (VHS) TK5105.875 .I57 H3843 2000

  • InfoWar.com
    Although a .com that sells security systems, InfoWar has been tracking computer security issues for years. They have a section dedicated specifically to cyber terrorism.
    http://www.infowar.com/

  • The national strategy to secure cyberspace. Washington, D.C. : [Dept. of Homeland Security?], 2003.
    Haggard 2-Gov Information PR 43.8:IN 3/2003
    Online version (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

  • The terrorism threat and U.S. government responses : operational and organizational factors. James M. Smith and William C. Thomas, eds. 2001.
    http://www.usafa.af.mil/inss/terrorism.htm

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Ecoterrorism
(also known as Environmental Terrorism)

The focus here is on terrorism committed in behalf of environmental ideals.

  • Acts of ecoterrorism by radical environmental organizations : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, June 9, 1998
    Haggard 2 -Gov Information Y 4.J 89/1:105/142

  • Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
    Radical protectors of animal rights; responsible for freeing numerous laboratory animals.
    http://www.animalliberationfront.com/

  • Contesting earth's future : radical ecology and postmodernity / Michael E. Zimmerman
    Haggard 3 -Books GE195 .Z56 1994

  • Earth First!
    An organization of radical environmentalists.
    http://www.earthfirst.org/

  • Earth for sale : reclaiming ecology in the age of corporate greenwash / by Brian Tokar
    Haggard 3 -Books GE195 .T63 1997

  • Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
    This group of environmental radicals is admittedly responsible for tree-spiking and arson.
    http://www.earthliberationfront.com/main.shtml

  • Environmental activism : a reference handbook. Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 2003.
    Haggard 2 -Reference GE195 .S88 2003

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Law & Terrorism

This section includes works that focus on the legal aspects of terrorism.

  • American Civil Liberties Union
    One of the strongest groups fighting the perceived breakdown of civil liberties after the 9/11 disaster.
    http://www.aclu.org/

  • Constitutions in crisis : political violence and the rule of law. John E. Finn.  New York : Oxford U P, 1991.
    Wilson 4C -Books K5256 .F56 1991

  • Crisis in the gulf : enforcing the rule of law. John Norton Moore. New York : Oceana, 1992.
    Haggard 3 -Books DS79.72 .M66 1992

  • Enemy aliens : double standards and constitutional freedoms in the war on terrorism. David Cole. New York : New Press, 2003.
    Wilson 4C -Books KF4800 .C58 2003

  • FindLaw's Special Coverage: War on Terrorism
    This site hosts a number of resources including documents, laws, and cases.
    http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/us/terrorism/index.html

  • Human rights and counter-terrorism in America's Asia policy. Rosemary Foot. Oxford : Oxford U P for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2004.
    Wilson 4W -Books U162 .A3 no. 363

  • International terrorism : a legal critique. Muhammad `Az¯iz Shukr¯i. Battleboro, VT : Amana, 1991.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .S47 1991

  • JURIST: The Legal Education Network
    Terrorism law and policy, hosted by the law school at the University of Pittsburg.
    http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/terrorism.htm

  • Terrorism, drugs, international law, and the protection of human liberty : a comparative study of international law, its nature, role, and impact in matters of terrorism, drug trafficking, war, and extradition. Christopher L. Blakesley. Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY : Transnational, 1992.
    Wilson 4E -Books JX5420 .B53 1992

  • Terrorism, the media, and the law. Ed. Abraham H. Miller. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Transnational, 1982.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .T47 1982

  • The USA Patriot Act. Alphonse B. Ewing. New York : Novinka, 2002.
    Wilson 4C -Books KF9430 .A316 E94 2002

  • The USA Patriot Act : a legal analysis. Charles Doyle. Washington, DC : Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 2002.
    http://lis.wwu.edu/search/tusa+patriot+act/tusa+patriot+act/1,5,6,B/

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Nuclear Terrorism

Included here are works on terrorism targeted at nuclear sites or involving threats to use weapons of mass destruction, and works about government response to these threats.

  • America's Achilles' heel : nuclear, biological, and chemical terrorism and covert attack. [electronic resource] Richard A. Falkenrath, Robert D. Newman, and Bradley A. Thayer. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT, 1998.
    Online access via netLibrary

  • Combating terrorism : preventing nuclear terrorism : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, September 24, 2002. Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [Congressional Sales Office], 2003.
    Wilson 2W-Gov Inf M-fiche Y 4.G 74/7:T 27/21

  • Focus on the issues. Building peace and security around the world. Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of State, 2000.
    Haggard 2 -Gov Information S 1.2:F 68/PEACE

  • The new face of terrorism : threats from weapons of mass destruction. Nadine Gurr and Benjamin Cole. New York : I.B. Tauris, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .G87 2002

  • The new terrorism : fanaticism and the arms of mass destruction. Walter Laqueur. New York : Oxford U P, 1999.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .L35 1999

  • The next enemy. Martin C. Libicki. Washington, D.C. : National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, 1995.
    Haggard 2 -Gov Information D 5.417:35

  • Pakistan frontline : staring at the nuclear abyss. [videorecording] Prod. Journeyman Pictures. Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 2001.
    Pakistan possesses nuclear weapons and has an unknown number of Islamic extremists sympathetic to the terrorists' cause. As they join the U.S. war on terrorism, these facts underscore the importance of recognizing their long-time hostile relationship with India over Kashmir. Reporters experience the fighting first-hand at Pakistan's highest military base on the disputed border between India and Pakistan, and talk with villagers and politicians. Both sides accuse the other of terrorism which threatens to escalate the conflict.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) DS383.5.I5 P35 2001

  • Smuggling Armageddon : the nuclear black market in the former Soviet Union and Europe. Rensselaer W. Lee. New York : St. Martin's, 1998.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6433.F6 L44 1998

  • The terrorism threat and U.S. government responses : operational and organizational factors.
    James M. Smith and William C. Thomas, eds. US Air Force Academy, CO. : USAF Institute for National Security Studies, 2001.
    http://www.usafa.af.mil/inss/terrorism.htm

  • Weapons of mass destruction : opposing viewpoints. Jennifer A. Hurley, ed. San Diego, CA. : Greenhaven, 1999.
    Wilson 4W -Books U793 .W43 1999

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Press & Media Coverage

  • Don't mention the war : Northern Ireland, propaganda, and the media. David Miller. London : Pluto, 1994.
    Wilson 3E -Books P96 .N67 M55 1994

  • The media and the war on terrorism. Eds. Stephen Hess and Marvin Kalb. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution P, 2003.
    Wilson 3E -Books PN4784.T45 M38 2003

  • Media coverage and political terrorists : a quantitative analysis. Richard W. Schaffert. New York : Praeger, 1992.
    Wilson 3E -Books P96 .T47 S3 1992

  • Media coverage of terrorism : methods of diffusion. Eds. A. Odasuo Alali and Kenoye Kelvin Eke. Newbury Park, CA : Sage, 1991.
    Wilson 3E -Books PN4784 .T45 M4 1991

  • NewsBank's September 11, 2001
    Terrorist Attack and Aftermath - a selected collection of news stories.
    http://ezproxy.library.wwu.edu:2048/login?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com

  • Reuter's Terrorism Debate
    Reuter's is claiming that one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter. While biased, this article cites other references.
    http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=43&art_id=9908

  • Tales of terror : television news and the construction of the terrorist threat. Bethami A. Dobkin. New York : Praeger, 1992.
    Wilson 3E -Books PN4784.T4 D6 1992

  • Terrorism : from popular struggle to media spectacle. Gerard Chaliand. London : Saqi, 1987.
    Wilson 4W -Books U240 .C45713 1987

  • Terrorism and the media : from the Iran hostage crisis to the World Trade Center bombing. Brigitte L. Nacos. New York : Columbia U P, 1994.
    Wilson 3E -Books P96.T472 U66 1994

  • Terrorism and the media. Eds. David L. Paletz and Alex P. Schmid. Newbury Park, CA : Sage, 1992.
    Wilson 3E -Books P96.T47 T48 1992

  • The terrorism spectacle. Steven Livingston. Boulder : Westview, 1994.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .L578 1994

  • Terrorism, the media, and the law. Ed. Abraham H. Miller. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Transnational, 1982.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .T47 1982

  • Violent persuasions : the politics and imagery of terrorism. Eds. David J. Brown and Robert Merrill. Seattle, WA. : Bay, 1993.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6430 .V56 1993

  • Watch what you say : free speech in times of national crisis. [videorecording] Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) KF4772 .W38 2002
    "ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent John Donvan explore the penalties of political dissent in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. News footage and a round table discussion with media personalities, journalists, and others who have suffered the consequences of voicing unpopular opinions reveal a disturbing yet unsurprising intolerance for such comments during a period of national crisis".

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Religion & Terrorism

  • The age of sacred terror. Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon. New York : Random House, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .B456 2002

  • Bin Laden : the man who declared war on America. Yossef Bodansky. Rocklin, CA : Forum, 1999.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6430 .B55 B63 1999

  • The crisis of Islam : holy war and unholy terror. Bernard Lewis. New York : Modern Library, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books BP182 .L48 2003

  • Divine violence : spectacle, psychosexuality & radical christianity in the Argentine "Dirty War". Frank Graziano. Boulder : Westview Press, 1992.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6322.3.A7 G7 1992

  • Faith & doubt at Ground Zero. Frontline. [videorecording] Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2002.
    "Explore how the spiritual lives of both believers and non-believers have been challenged in the aftermath of September 11 by difficult questions of good and evil ... Frontline explores and illuminates the myriad of spiritual questions that have come out of the terror, pain, and destruction at Ground Zero."--Container.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) HV6432 .F34 2002

  • Farid Esack interview : [On being a Muslim]. [videorecording] Ground Zero Radio. New York : Democracynow.org, 2001.
    Amy Goodman interviews Farid Esack, Muslim Liberation Theologian and a leader of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, on what it means to be a Muslim since the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) BP88 .E83 F37 2001

  • Holy terrors : thinking about religion after September 11. Bruce Lincoln. Chicago : U of Chicago P, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books BL65.T47 L56 2003

  • Holy War, Inc. : inside the secret world of Osama bin Laden. Peter L. Bergen. New York : Free Press, 2001.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6430 .B55 B47 2001

  • Inside Al Qaeda : global network of terror. Rohan Gunaratna. New York : Columbia U P, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .G853 2002

  • Islamic fundamentalism. Ed. Auriana Ojeda. Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books BP163 .I776 2003

  • Looking for answers. [videorecording] Martin Smith and Lowell Bergman. Frontline coproduction with The New York Times and Rain Media, Inc. in association with Granada Factual USA. Alexandria?, VA : PBS Home Video, 2001.
    Discusses the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the roots of hatred found in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, radical Islam, and the failure of U.S. intelligence on September 11, 2001.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) HV6430 .L665 2001

  • The morality of terrorism : religious and secular justifications. Eds. David C. Rapoport and Yonah Alexander. New York : Pergamon, 1982.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .M66 1982

  • The new terrorism : fanaticism and the arms of mass destruction. Walter Laqueur. New York : Oxford U P, 1999.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .L35 1999

  • Sacred rage : the crusade of modern Islam. Robin Wright. New York : Linden/Simon and Schuster, 1985.
    Haggard 3 -Books DS63.1 .W75 1985

  • Terror in the mind of God : the global rise of religious violence. Mark Juergensmeyer. Berkeley : U of California P, 2000.
    Haggard 3 -Books BL65 .V55 J84 2000

  • Transcript of Usama Bin Laden video tape.
    Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Defense, 2001.
    http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS16430

  • Unholy terror : the Sikhs and international terrorism. Ian Mulgrew. Toronto : Key Porter, 1988.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .M83x 1988

  • Unholy war : terror in the name of Islam. John L. Esposito. New York : Oxford U P, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .E76 2002

  • The West and the rest : globalization and the terrorist threat. Roger Scruton. Wilmington, DE : ISI, 2002.
    Wilson 4E -Books JZ1318 .S37 2002

  • Why the hate? : America, from a Muslim point of view. [videorecording] ABC News Productions. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) DS35.62 .W5 2002
    "This timely ABC News program explores the mixed emotions felt by many Muslins toward the U.S. Topics on the agenda include American culture, often perceived as offensive, and U.S. foreign policy, frequently viewed as threatening."--Container.

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State-Sponsored Terrorism

The focus here is on terrorism committed under the auspices of national governments, internally or internationally, as well as on acts of violence committed by or against political constituencies.

  • Armies without nations : public violence and state formation in Central America, 1821-1960. Robert H. Holden. Oxford : Oxford U P, 2004.
    Haggard 3 -Books HN125.2.V5 H65 2004

  • Colombia : the genocidal democracy. Javier Giraldo. Monroe, ME : Common Courage, 1996.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6433.C6 G57 1996

  • The dark side of democracy : explaining ethnic cleansing. Michael Mann. New York : Cambridge U P, 2005.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6322 .M36 2005

  • Democracies against terror : the Western response to state-supported terrorism. Geoffrey M. Levitt. New York : Praeger, 1988.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .L49 1988

  • Divine violence : spectacle, psychosexuality & radical Christianity in the Argentine "Dirty War". Frank Graziano. Boulder : Westview Press, 1992.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6322.3.A7 G7 1992

  • The disappeared and the Mothers of the Plaza : the story of the 11,000 Argentinians who vanished. John Simpson and Jana Bennett. New York : St. Martin's, 1985.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6433.A7 S57 1985

  • Endgame in Ireland. Ceasefire : Guns and government. [videorecording] Mick Gold. Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2002.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) DA963 .E524 2002

  • Forbidden truth : U.S.-Taliban secret oil diplomacy and the failed hunt for Bin Laden. Jean-Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquié. Trans. Lucy Rounds. New York : Thunder's Mouth/Nations, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books E183.8 .A3 B74 2002

  • The genocide factor : the human tragedy. [videorecording] Dir. Robert J. Emery. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) K5302 .G45 2002 v. 2-4

  • Government violence and repression : an agenda for research. Michael Stohl and George A. Lopez, eds. New York : Greenwood, 1986.
    Wilson 4E -Books JC571 .G69 1986

  • Hatred's kingdom : how Saudi Arabia supports the new global terrorism. Dore Gold. Washington, DC : Regnery, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books DS242 .G65 2003

  • Hegemony or survival : America's quest for global dominance. Noam Chomsky. New York : Metropolitan, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books E902 .C47 2003

  • Koba the dread : laughter and the twenty million. Martin Amis. New York : Hyperion, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books DK268.4 .A48 2002

  • Legitimate use of military force against state-sponsored international terrorism. Richard J. Erickson. Maxwell Air Force Base, AL : Air U P, 1989.
    Haggard 2 -Gov Information D 301.26/6:T 27/3

  • A lexicon of terror : Argentina and the legacies of torture. Marguerite Feitlowitz. New York : Oxford U P, 1998.
    Haggard 3 -Books F2849.2 .F37 1998

  • Las Madres : the mothers of Plaza de Mayo. [videorecording] Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo, dirs. New York : Women Make Movies, 1996.
    Mothers who believe their children were kidnapped by the Argentine government tell how they banded together to demonstrate in the Plaza de Mayo to publicize their complaints, and seek assistance in finding "los desparecidos" and punishing the kidnappers/murderers.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) HV6322.3.A7 M33 1996

  • Now with Bill Moyers. October 25, 2002. [videorecording] Dir. Mark Ganguzza. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, 2002.
    In "Blood Money", the New York Times and Now investigate terrorism and Saudi Arabia. How deep is support for terrorism from America's oldest ally?
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) DS227 .N68 2002

  • The politics of terrorism : terror as a state and revolutionary strategy. Barry Rubin, ed. Washington, D.C. : Foreign Policy Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1989.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .T4564 1989

  • Reign of terror in Mongolia, 1920-1990. D. Dashpurev and S.K. Soni. New Delhi : South Asian, 1992.
    Haggard 3 -Books DS798.75 .D387 1992

  • The revolutionary reign of terror : the role of violence in political change. Rosemary H.T. O'Kane. Brookfield, VT: E. Elgar, 1991.
    Wilson 4E -Books JC491 .O44 1991

  • Rogue regimes : terrorism and proliferation. Raymond Tanter. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 1999.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .T39 1999

  • Somalia : state collapse and the threat of terrorism. Ken Menkhaus. Oxford : Oxford U P for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2004.
    Wilson 4W -Books U162 .A3 no. 364

  • State crime : governments, violence and corruption. Penny Green and Tony Ward. London : Pluto, 2004.
    Wilson 4E -Books JF1081 .G74 2004

  • State organized terror : the case of violent internal repression. P. Timothy Bushnell, et al., eds. Boulder, CO : Westview, 1991.
    Wilson 4E -Books JC571 .S786 1991

  • Transnational threats from the Middle East [microform] : crying wolf or crying havoc? Anthony H. Cordesman. Carlisle Barracks, PA (122 Forbes Ave., Carlise 17013-5244) : Strategic Studies Institute, 1999.
    Wilson 2W-Gov Inf M-fiche D 101.2:T 68/9

  • When the dogs ate candles : a time in El Salvador. Bill Hutchinson. Niwot, CO : U P of Colorado, 1998.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6322.3 .S2 H87 1998
    Online version (via netLibrary)

  • Whither Iran? : reform, domestic politics and national security. Shahram Chubin. Oxford : Oxford U P for the International Institute of Strategic Studies, 2002.
    Wilson 4W -Books U162 .A3 no. 342

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Terrorism - Prevention

  • Antiterrorism personal protection guide : a self-help guide to antiterrorism. [electronic resource] [Washington, D.C.] : Joint Chiefs of Staff, [2002].
    Online

  • Civil liberties. Ed. James D. Torr. San Diego, CA : Greenhaven, 2003.
    Wilson 4E -Books JC599.U5 C546 2003

  • Combating terrorism : Department of State programs to combat terrorism abroad : report to congressional requesters. United States General Accounting Office. Washington, D.C. : U.S. GAO, [2002].
    Haggard 2 -Gov Information GA 1.13:GAO-02-1021
    NOTE: To locate more government information, search the library catalog. For example, try LC subject: terrorism and limit the search to location: Government Documents.

  • Combating terrorism : strategies of ten countries. Ed. Yonah Alexander. Ann Arbor, MI : U of Michigan P, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .C647135 2002

  • Countering al Qaeda : an appreciation of the situation and suggestions for strategy. Brian Michael Jenkins. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432.7 .J46 2002

  • Countering the changing threat of international terrorism.
    Report of the National Commission on Terrorism. Washington, D.C. : National Commission on Terrorism, 2000.
    http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/commission.html

  • The cult of counterterrorism : the "weird world" of spooks, counterterrorists, adventurers, and not quite professionals. Neil C. Livingstone. Lexington, MA : Lexington, 1990.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .L583 1990

  • Enemy aliens : double standards and constitutional freedoms in the war on terrorism. David Cole. New York : New Press, 2003.
    Wilson 4C -Books KF4800 .C58 2003

  • Final warning : averting disaster in the new age of terrorism. Robert Kupperman and Jeff Kamen. New York : Doubleday, 1989.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .K864 1989

  • Homeland security. Ed. James D. Torr. San Diego : Greenhaven, 2004.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .H66 2004

  • International terrorism : characteristics, causes, controls. Charles W. Kegley, Jr., ed. New York : St. Martin's, 1990.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .I5568 1990

  • National security : opposing viewpoints. Ed. Helen Cothran. San Diego : Greenhaven, 2004.
    Wilson 4W -Books UA234 .N2476 2004

  • Prisons, peace, and terrorism : penal policy in the reduction of political violence in Northern Ireland, Italy, and the Spanish Basque country, 1968-97. Michael von Tangen Page. New York : St. Martin's, 1998.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV9649 .N67 V65 1998

  • The psychology of terrorism. Ed. Chris E. Stout. Westport, CT : Praeger, 2002.
    Haggard 2 -Reference HV6431 .P798 2002 v. 1-4

  • Responding to crisis on the homefront. [videorecording] Bellingham, WA : Western Washington U, 2001.
    Community and emergency management experts discuss how the local community is responding, and preparing to respond, to concerns about safety following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
    SpecColl - Campus History HV6432 .R46 2001

  • Response to Terrorism.
    Produced by the U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs, this site includes government briefings, statements and national security reports, as well as links to global terrorism studies. Also included is a link to the electronic journal of the Department of State, U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda.
    http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/

  • Risky business : corruption, fraud, terrorism & other threats to global business. Stuart Poole-Robb and Alan Bailey. London : Kogan Page, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HG4538 .P66 2002

  • September 11 : consequences for Canada. Kent Roach. Montreal : McGill-Queen's U P, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432.7 .R6 2003

  • Shrewd sanctions : statecraft and state sponsors of terrorism. Meghan L. O'Sullivan. Washington, DC : Brookings Institution, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books HF1413.5 .O78 2003

  • Superterrorism : policy responses. Ed. Lawrence Freedman. Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .S863 2002

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Terrorism - United States

  • 9.11.01 : Terrorists attack the U.S. Patrick Lalley. Austin, TX : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2002.
    Wilson 4E - Children's Collection CHIL 303.6 L197ni 2002

  • Against all enemies : inside America's war on terror. Richard A. Clarke. New York : Free Press, 2004.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .C53 2004

  • America's War Against Terrorism.
    Hosted by University of Michigan's Documents Center.
    http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html

  • Anti-American terrorism and the Middle East : a documentary reader. Ed. Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin. New York : Oxford U P, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6431 .A566 2002

  • The attack on America, September 11, 2001. Ed. William Dudley. San Diego, CA : Greenhaven, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .T474 2002

  • Economic sanctions to combat international terrorism. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication, Editorial Division, 1986.
    Haggard 2 -Gov Inf Project S 1.129:149
    NOTE: To locate more government information, search the library catalog. For example, try LC subject: terrorism and limit the search to location: Government Documents.

  • An end to evil : how to win the war on terror. David Frum and Richard Perle. New York : Random House, 2003.
    Haggard 2 -Books HV6432 .F78 2003

  • A force upon the plain : the American militia movement and the politics of hate. Kenneth S. Stern. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1996.
    Haggard 3 -Books HN90.V5 S836 1996

  • From 9/11 to terror war : the dangers of the Bush legacy. Douglas Kellner. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books E902 .K45 2003

  • The global war on terrorism : the first 100 days.
    Washington, U.S.A. : The Coalition Information Centers, 2001.
    http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS16841

  • Homeland security [electronic resource] : the new role for defense. Stephen J. Tomisek, Washington, D.C. : Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, 2002.
    Internet  D 5.417:189

  • Howard Zinn speech : [Corruption of Democracy and the War on Afghanistan]. [videorecording] From Ground Zero Radio. New York : Democracynow.org, 2001.
    Speech given by historian Howard Zinn at the University of Vermont regarding the U.S. government, democracy, war, and how history could be used as a guide.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) JK339 .H68 2001

  • Human rights and counter-terrorism in America's Asia policy. Rosemary Foot. Oxford : Oxford U P for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2004.
    Wilson 4W -Books U162 .A3 no. 363

  • In memoriam [videorecording] : New York City 9/11/01. Brad Grey, John Hoffman and Sheila Nevins. New York : HBO Home Video, 2002.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) HV6432.7 .I54 2002

  • In bad company : America's terrorist underground. Mark S. Hamm. Boston : Northeastern U P, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432.5 .A79 H36 2002

  • A just response : the nation on terrorism, democracy, and September 11, 2001. Katrina vanden Heuvel, ed. New York : Thunder's Mouth/Nation, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .J87 2002

  • Just war against terror : the burden of American power in a violent world. Jean Bethke Elshtain. New York : Basic Books, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .E427 2003

  • Noam Chomsky speech : [On Terrorism]. [videorecording] Ground Zero Radio. New York : Democracynow.org, 2001.
    Noam Chomsky speaks on the history of terror and how it is practiced on U.S. soil and through U.S. policy.
    Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) HV6431 .N63 2001

  • Office of Homeland Security
    http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/index.jsp

  • Out of the blue : the story of September 11, 2001, from Jihad to Ground Zero. Richard Bernstein. New York : Times, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .B47 2002

  • Political violence against Americans. United States Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Washington, DC : Bureau of Diplomatic Security, 1999-.
    http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1492

  • Responsibility for the terrorist atrocities in the United States, 11 September 2001 - an updated account.
    London, England : 10 Downing Street, 2001.
    From the office of the Prime Minister, Great Britain.
    http://www.pm.gov.uk/default.asp?PageID=5322

  • Rural radicals : righteous rage in the American grain. Catherine McNicol Stock. Ithaca : Cornell U P, 1996.
    Haggard 3 -Books HN90.R3 S67 1996

  • September 11, 2001 comprehensive reference resource. [electronic resource] Arlington, VA : National Guard Bureau, 2002.
    Haggard 2-Gov Comp File D 12.22:C 73/CD 1-2

  • September 11th web archive.
    San Francisco : Internet Archive, 2001-.
    A collection of archived documents commissioned by the Library of Congress to preserve digital materials covering the events of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Includes links to thousands of sites. Highlights are links to government and military web sites, charitable organizations, international news, and national news coverage of the events. Alexa Internet, webArchivist.org, Pew Internet and American Life provided assistance in creating this archive.
    http://web.archive.org/collections/sep11.html

  • Featured Issue - Terrorism.
    The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) presents its reports on terrorism. The reports cover such topics as combating terrorism, bioterrorism, public health preparedness programs, infrastructure protection, and nuclear nonproliferation, among others.
    http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/featured/terrorism.html

  • Terrorism and business : the impact of September 11, 2001. Dean C. Alexander and Yonah Alexander. Ardsley, NY : Transnational, 2002.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .A435 2002

  • The terrorist attack on America. Ed. Mary E. Williams. San Diego : Greenhaven, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books HV6432 .T4735 2003

  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security homepage
    Includes current news articles, threat advisories, and sections on emergency and disaster preparedness, travel and transportation, and immigration and borders.
    http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/

  • The USA Patriot Act. Alphonse B. Ewing. New York : Novinka, 2002.
    Wilson 4C -Books KF9430 .A316 E94 2002

  • The USA Patriot Act : a legal analysis. Charles Doyle. [electronic resource] [Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, [2002].
    http://lis.wwu.edu/search/dterrorism/dterrorism;Ya=2001;Yb=2004/61,158,0,B/

  • The USA PATRIOT Act : preserving life and liberty : uniting and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism. Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, 2003.
    http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/

  • Western reflects, September 11th, 2001. [videorecording] Bellingham, WA : Western Washington U, 2002.
    WWU expert on psychological responses to disasters, presents results of a new national study indicating that a strong majority of college students have reprioritized their lives and are exhibiting positive signs of coping and resiliency since September 11.
    SpecColl - Campus History HV6432 .W47 2002

  • What now? : students' reactions to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Lara Banjanin and Marc Eaton. 2002.
    Wilson 4E -Books-Oversize LD5778.8 .B34

  • White supremacy groups. Ed. Claire Kreger. San Diego : Greenhaven, 2003.
    Haggard 3 -Books E184.A1 .W3963 2003

  • Why : events leading up to 9/11/2001. [videorecording]. Los Angeles : JusticeVision, 2001.
    Wilson 2W - Video Collection (VHS) HV6432 .W48 2001

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