TY - BOOK AU - Martin,Gus TI - Understanding terrorism: challenges, perspectives, and issues SN - 0761926151 (cloth) AV - HV6431 .M367 2003 U1 - 303.625 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - Sage Publications KW - Terrorism KW - Local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; An introduction to terrorism -- The nature of the beast : defining terrorism -- Beginnings : the causes of terrorism -- Terror from above : state terrorism -- Terror from below : dissident terrorism -- Class struggle and national liberation : the terrorist Left -- Race and order : the terrorist Right -- For the faith and profit : religious and criminal terrorism -- Terrorist spillovers : international terrorism -- Tools of the trade : tactics and targets of terrorists -- The Role of the media -- Terrorism in the United States -- Responding to terror : the options -- What next? the future of terrorism ER -