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Air Piracy, Airport Security, and International Terrorism - Winning the War Against Hijackers (Hardcover)
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Air Piracy, Airport Security, and International Terrorism - Winning the War Against Hijackers (Hardcover)
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As international terrorism has grown over the past decades,
airlines and airports have become increasingly popular targets for
violent attacks and hijackings. In this volume, Peter St. John
provides a survey of international air piracy and airline
terrorism, and of the ways airline professionals and governments
are coping, or attempting to cope, with the crisis. St. John not
only deals with the history, politics, psychology, and sociology of
air piracy, but also provides an assessment of the threat to
commercial aircraft and ways to counter the danger. The principal
theme he develops is that security for airports and aircraft can be
achieved, and the fear of terrorists overcome, if Western countries
cooperate in installing effective security policies and plans. St.
John begins his work with a two-chapter history of the evolution of
hijacking, tracing the five-to-seven-year cycles that seem to have
emerged and the growth of the politically motivated hijacking that
has become the most persistent and dangerous form. He next analyzes
the eight types of individuals who have hijacked aircraft in the
past, their different motives, and how they can be identified by
airport security and flight crews. A major chapter discusses the
politics of Western governments toward highjacking in Europe and
North America, and identifies the best and worst airports around
the globe. A seven-stage system of security that will probably be a
necessity for the 1990s is also proposed. Ensuing chapters address
the problem of the hijacked plane, offering advice for passengers
and crew members who are victims of hijacking, and for government
behavior, which often does more to encourage air terrorism than to
preventit. Finally, St. John looks to the future of airport
security and describes the need for a concentrated attempt at all
levels of national and international government to develop
effective defenses against air piracy. A group of appendices is
also included, documenting the principal hijacks of the past forty
years as well as sabotage attempts on commercial aircraft. This
work will be an important reference tool for professionals in
security services and the airline and airport management field, and
for students in political science and international relations
courses. It will also be a valuable addition to college,
university, and public libraries.
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