Terrorist Recognition Handbook: A Practitioner's Manual for Predicting and Identifying Terrorist Activities

First published in 2003, Terrorist Recognition Handbook: A Practitioners Manual for Predicting and Identifying Terrorist Activities remains one of the only books available to provide detailed information on terrorist methodology-revealing terrorist motivation, organizational structure, planning, financing, and operational tactics to carry out attacks. This fully revised and updated third edition contains the detailed analysis and history of prior editions with completely new case studies and information on new and emerging terrorist practices and trends. Updates to the third edition include: * The newest geopolitical challenges and terrorism to emerge from the geopolitical climate post-Arab Spring * Details on the newest attack tactics and procedures of al-Qaeda including al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula, the Islamic Maghreb, and East and North Africa * Lessons learned from recent terrorist operations and information gained from plots foiled by the FBI in the U.S.