Terrorism is a complex phenomenon that cannot be understood through
reading of a number of unrelated academic articles or a dry
overview of the history of terrorism or the investigative
techniques. For A New Understanding of Terrorism, the Editors have
chosen a different paradigm. They have selected numerous case
studies from actual events that illustrate various typologies of
terrorist actions, be it from a separatist, nationalist, lone-wolf
individual terrorist, religious fanatics or environmentalist
orientation, and they present these cases within the context of
following the trajectories of the terrorist activity, the terrorist
act itself and, the response to the event from the relevant
authorities. Some chapters concentrate on terrorist attacks that
actually took place, others speculate about the possibilities of an
attack occurring sometime in the future, such as the chapters on
the Olympic Games, Aviation or Rail Security. When possibilities
rather than a specific event are discussed, the authors of these
chapters draw the attention of the reader towards the same
direction-the reasoning, the actual event and the response that
followed. The thorough analysis of the presented case studies and
the applied counter-measures will, hopefully, if not curtail then
possibly at least mitigate the operational and ideological strength
of terrorist groups or individual actors. A New Understanding of
Terrorism will enable the reader to make the connection between the
emotional charge inherent in any terrorist activity, the
cold-blooded tactics that lead to the terrorist event itself and
the pragmatic and very straightforward, but at the same time very
simplistically designed, strategic response that has to come from a
synergy between academics, military and law enforcement
brainstorming design in order to be more effective in the future.
ABOUT THE EDITORS: M.R. (Maki) Haberfeld is a Professor of Police
Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.
She has worked for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in the
New York Field Office, as a special consultant. Prior to that she
has served in a counter-terrorist unit in the Israeli Defense
Forces and she left the army at the rank of Sergeant. She was also
a lieutenant in the Israel National Police. For the past eight
years, Dr. Haberfeld has been involved in developing, coordinating
and teaching in a special training program for the New York City
Police Department, where she teaches courses in police ethics,
leadership and counter-terrorism. She was also an Academic
Coordinator of the Law Enforcement Executive Police Institute for
the State of New York, where she taught modules on
counter-terrorism response. Agostino von Hassell is the president
of The Repton Group LLC, a New York City based consulting group
that deals mostly with national security issues. He has written
numerous political and historical articles and is the author of two
major military histories, Warriors: The United States Marine Corps
and Strike Force: Marine Corps Special Operations. In 2003, he
published a pictorial portrait of the United States-In Honor of
America. He has taught as an adjunct professor in the graduate
program of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York,
teaching members of the New York City Police Department in subjects
such as counter-terrorism and leadership. He is a life member of
the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents, the National
Defense Industry Association, the Association of Former
Intelligence Officers and the Authors' Guild.
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