The New Terrorism : Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction

326 Pages·2000·2.32 MB·English

by  Walter Laqueur

THE NEW TERRORISM
T
HE
N
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ERROR-
ISM
Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction
Walter Laqueur
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1999
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Laqueur,Walter,1921–
Thenewterrorism:fanaticismandthearmsofmassdestruction/
WalterLaqueur.
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Includesbibliographicalreferences.
ISBN0–19–511816–2
1.Terrorism. 2.Terrorism—Forecasting. 3.Weaponsofmass
destruction. 4.Radicalism. 5.Fanaticism. I.Title.
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Contents
Acknowledgments,vii
Introduction,3
Terrorism and History,8
WeaponsofMassDestruction,49
Terrorist Motives:Marx, Muhammad,and
Armageddon,79
Terror and theFar Right,105
Religion and Terrorism,127
StateTerrorism,156
ExoticTerrorism,184
Terrorism and Organized Crime,210
Terrorism Todayand Tomorrow,226
Terrorism oftheFuture,254
BibliographicalEssay, 283
Index,301

Acknowledgments
I
n this endeavor I had the help and advice of a
number ofcolleagues, includingBruceHoffman,
Jessica Stern, Seth Carus, Brad Roberts, Ehud
Sprinzak, Zed Davis, Frank Ciluffo, Arnaud de
Borchgrave, Dr. Martin Silverstein, and Josef Pilat. James K. Campbell,
Rob Purvis, Frederique Sandretto, Tore Bjorgo, and Jeffrey Kaplan put
unpublished material at my disposal. Larissa Dinsmore, Maureen Hag-
gard,WillYoung,andBenjamin Melenson,myresearchassistants,aswell
asKeri Anderson,CSISlibrarian,helped meto get research materialthat
was not easy to obtain and that I might have missed. Howard Sargent,
SherryFoehr,Jon Beckmann,andThomasLeBienhelpedwitheditingthe
manuscript, and Steven Glick and Benjamin Graham guided mystepsas
far as computer work was concerned. Last but not least I would like to
thank theEarhart Foundation for a generousresearch grant.
Washington,D.C.
October 1998
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