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Putting Terrorism in Context - Lessons from the Global Terrorism Database (Hardcover)
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Putting Terrorism in Context - Lessons from the Global Terrorism Database (Hardcover)
Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies
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This book offers a guide to interpreting available statistical data
on terrorism attacks around the world. The Global Terrorism
Database (GTD) now includes more than 113,000 terrorist attacks,
starting in 1970. By analyzing these data, researchers demonstrate
how a very small number of terrorist attacks have had an outsized
effect on attitudes and policies toward terrorism. These attacks,
referred to as 'black swan' events, are difficult to predict but
have an enormous impact on human affairs for years to come. The
book discusses terrorist attacks, such as 9/11, possibly the most
high profile 'black swan' event in living memory, by putting them
into context with thousands of less publicized attacks that have
plagued the world since 1970. Historically, the study of terrorism
has suffered from a general lack of empirical data and statistical
analysis. This is largely due to the difficulty of obtaining valid
data on a topic that poses significant collection challenges.
However, this book makes use of the fact that the GTD is currently
the most extensive unclassified database on terrorism ever
collected. While there have been summaries of the research
literature on terrorism and important analyses of international
terrorism event data, this is the first book that provides a
comprehensive empirical overview of the nature and evolution of
both modern international and domestic terrorism. This book will be
of interest to students of terrorism and political violence,
criminology, international security, and political science in
general.
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