About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Rationale
Part I. Terrorism: A Conceptual Review
1. Terrorism: First Impressions
2. The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism
3. Beginnings: The Causes of Terrorism
Part II. The Terrorists
4. Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State
5. Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents
6. Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism
7. Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and Right
8. Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism
9. Emerging Terrorist Environments: Gender-Selective Political
Violence and Criminal Dissident Terrorism
Part III. The Terrorist Trade and Counterterrorism
10. Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists
11. The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence and the Role
of the Media
12. The American Case: Terrorism in the United States
Part IV. Securing the Homeland
13. Counterterrorism: The Options
14. A New Era: Homeland Security
15. What Next? The Future of Terrorism
Appendix A: Map References
Glossary
Index
Photo Credits
C. Augustus “Gus” Martin is Director of the School of Public
Service and Justice at California State University, Dominguez
Hills. He is also a Professor of Criminal Justice Administration,
where he regularly teaches a course on the subject of terrorism and
extremism. He has served as Associate Vice President for Human
Resources Management, Acting Associate Dean of the College of
Business Administration and Public Policy, Associate Vice President
for Faculty Affairs, and Chair of the Department of Public
Administration. He began his academic career as a member of the
faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs,
University of Pittsburgh, where he was an Administration of Justice
professor. His current research and professional interests are
terrorism and extremism, homeland security, the administration of
justice, and juvenile justice.
Dr. Martin is author of several books on the subjects of terrorism
and homeland security, including Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts
and Controversies (SAGE Publications, 2022); Understanding
Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues (SAGE Publications,
2021); Understanding Homeland Security (SAGE Publications, 2020);
Terrorism: An International Perspective (with Fynnwin Prager; SAGE
Publications, 2019); The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second
Edition (SAGE Publications, 2011); Terrorism and Homeland Security
(SAGE Publications, 2011); and The New Era of Terrorism: Selected
Readings (SAGE Publications, 2004). He is also author of Juvenile
Justice: Process and Systems (SAGE Publications, 2005).
Prior to joining academia, Dr. Martin served as Managing Attorney
for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, where he
was also director of a program created under a federal consent
decree to desegregate public and assisted housing. He was also
Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands
on the island of St. Thomas. As Special Counsel, he occupied a
personal and confidential position in the central office of the
Department of Justice; sat as hearing officer for disciplinary
hearings and departmental grievances; served as chair of the Drug
Policy Committee; served as liaison to the intergovernmental Law
Enforcement Coordinating Committee as well as to the Narcotics
Strike Force; and provided daily legal and policy advice to the
Attorney General. Prior to serving as Special Counsel, he was a
“floor” Legislative Assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of
New York. As Legislative Assistant, he researched, evaluated and
drafted legislation in areas of foreign policy, foreign aid, human
rights, housing, education, social services, and poverty; he also
drafted House floor statements, Congressional Record inserts, press
releases, and news articles; and he composed speeches, briefing
materials, and legislative correspondence.
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