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PSI Guides to Terrorists, Insurgents, and Armed Groups

Recent surveys show that eight years after the September 11 attacks, 70 percent of Americans feel the ongoing threat of terrorist activity makes the world more dangerous for the United States, with an equal number concerned that the United States is not winning the War on Terror. Meanwhile, while nothing as devastating as 9/11 has happened, terrorists continue to strike—from Athens to Paris, Beirut to Baghdad.

This new series helps readers understand the realities of contemporary terrorism, examining terrorist organizations, insurgencies, and armed groups from around the world.

With research into the roots of terrorism more active—and more urgent—than ever, the PSI Guides to Terrorists, Insurgents, and Armed Groups series could not be more timely.

This series helps general readers understand the rise, and in many cases the demise, of terrorist organizations, insurgencies, and armed groups from around the globe. Featuring the work of the world’s foremost experts of terrorist activity, including series editor Dr. James J. F. Forest, these volumes address a wide range of fundamental issues, including ideology, international security, transnational threats, an regional concerns relevant to the specific terrorist entity under examination.

Highlights
• Offers general readers an accessible introduction to realities of global terrorism, and the research that is making it easier to confront
• Looks at terrorist groups in the context of the broader landscape of armed, politically violent organizations
• Examines the common strategies and tactics of terrorists, insurgents, and other armed groups

Features
• Includes contributions from the world’s leading researchers into the contemporary state of terrorism
• Presents excerpts from a wide range of primary documents
• Offers chronologies of key events in the evolution of specific terrorist groups
• Includes maps, photographs, biographical sketches, and illustrations
• Provides bibliographies of print and online resources for further reading

Armed for Life

Jennifer Jefferis

Print $49.95

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