In 1979, a secret unit was established by the US Army. Defying all known military practices and the laws of physics, they believed that a soldier could adopt a cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls, and kill goats just by staring at them. They were the First Earth Battalion.

Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman, CBE, QPM, was in overall command of the UK's national counter-terrorism offensive, at the centre of every major terrorist investigation - overt and covert - of the past five years. In this book, he describes how he led a dedicated team of men and women, committed to protecting the UK from dangerous enemies.

When the author was sixteen, he became an Islamic fundamentalist. Five years later, after much emotional turmoil, he rejected fundamentalist teachings and returned to normal life and his family. He tried to put his experiences behind him, but as the events of 7/7 unfolded, it became clear to him that Islamist groups pose a threat to this country.

Applying fresh tools from economics to explain puzzling behaviors of religious radicals: Muslim, Christian, and Jewish; violent and benign.

Analyses UK-US intelligence cooperation in the post-9/11 world.

Argues that we need to reforge links that societies have made between law and strategy; to realize how the evolution of modern states has produced a globally networked terrorism that changes as fast as we can identify it; to combine humanitarian interests with strategies of intervention; and, to rethink what 'victory' in such a war.

Written by the author who knows important parts of the Muslim world (including Saudi Arabia) at first hand, and understands the motors of Islamist militancy.

Despite the frequent appearances of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri on television screens worldwide, Al Qaeda remains an elusive entity. Viewing Al Qaeda from within, this title reveals the terrorist network's insidious role in the global web culture and the dimensions of its frightening threat to world stability and security.

Investigates the convergence of aid and security objectives in the wake of the September 11 attacks. This title explores the effects of this convergence on civil society spaces, actors and organizations and analyzes the impact of counter-terrorist legislation, measures, discourses and practices on civil societies in a range of political contexts.

Explains suicidal terrorism from a psychoanalytic perspective. This title argues that most Islamic extremists undertake destructive and self-destructive actions not out of blind hatred, nor even for political gain, but to achieve an explosive merger with a transcendent awesome Father, God.

A collection of essays that allow the reader to fully understand how the causes of the war on terror, both the domestic and foreign policy implications, and the future challenges faced by the United States have moved on since 2003.

Examines the communicative aspects and implications of US counter-terrorist policies towards al-Qaeda.

As Iraq re-formed, power plays went into effect that US personnel were unaware of. Because of the US policy to not 'interfere' in local matters, informants were often brutally murdered. The government offered them no protection. Providing an overview of poor US policies and decisions, this book offers an approach to a culture which is different.

Terrorism is a real threat to aviation. The thought of a ticking bomb hidden in a suitcase, or a gun or knife-wielding assailant commandeering a commercial flight, is enough to scare even the most seasoned air traveller. This title includes the information on historic hijackings in various parts of the globe, and a chapter on the events of 9/11.

Draws on the author's experiences of fighting Maoist-style insurgencies of the 1950s and 1960s in the jungles of Borneo to trace the evolution of modern-day insurgencies. This book focuses on the situation in Afghanistan to see how threats from one theater of operation impact on us domestically in the UK and in the US.

The Al - Qaeda network continues to threaten the United States and its allies. This title lays out an approach to combating terrorism - by homing in on the network's tiny fissures, which can ultimately lead to its collapse.

Terrorism is one of the forces defining our age, but it has also been around since some of the earliest civilizations. This study of the history of terrorism - from ancient Assyria to the post-9/11 War on Terror - aims to put terrorism into broad historical, political, religious and social context.

Tells the story of how a small group of young middle-class people, out of moral indignation about the Vietnam War and the injustices of capitalist society, turned to bombings, kidnappings and murder - thus resorting to flagrant immorality themselves.

In an era when the global community is confronted with challenges posed by violent nonstate organizations, our understanding of the nature and emergence of these groups takes on heightened importance. This work presents an analysis of the dynamics that facilitate the organization and mobilization of the virulent types of these organizations.

Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger, world experts on the study of terror and security, propose a theory of violence that contextualizes not only recent acts of terror but also instances of terrorism that stretch back centuries. Beginning with ancient Palestine and its encounters with Jewish terrorism, the authors analyze the social, political, and cultural factors that sponsor extreme violence, ...