INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN ITS HISTORICAL DEPTH AND PRESENT DIMENSION, 1968-1975

• NCJ Number: 40924
• Author(s): G BOUTHOL
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 36 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of State
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: TRANSLATION

Annotation

THIS PAPER OFFERS AN OVERVIEW OF TERRORISM, ITS MANIFESTATIONS AND HOW TO FIGHT IT.

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IS NOTHING NEW, THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT. HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN A STEP-UP IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN RECENT YEARS. THIS PAPER TRACES THE PATTERNS OF TERRORISM. SOME OF THESE INCLUDE TERRORISM BY AUTHORITY, CIVIL WAR TERRORISM, AND SUBVERSIVE TERRORISM. THE IMPACT OF TERRORISM IS EXAMINED, AS WELL AS THE PSYCHOLOGY AND MENTALITY OF THE TERRORIST. THE DIMENSIONS, PLACE, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN TERRORISM ARE EXPLORED....BDS