Terrorism and counterterrorism : understanding the new security environment : readings & interpretations / [edited by] Russell D. Howard, Reid L. Sawyer ; foreword by Barry R. McCaffrey.

Includes bibliographical references.

Defining the threat. Terrorism defined. Defining terrorism / Bruce Hoffman -- The dimensions of terrorism and counterterrorism / Paul R. Pillar -- Terrorism : theirs and ours / Eqbal Ahmad -- Why terrorism? The logic of terrorism : terrorist behavior as a product of strategic choice / Martha Crenshaw -- Global rebels : terrorist organizations as trans-national actors / Louise E. Richardson -- The new terrorism model. Understanding Al Qaeda's application of the new terrorism : the key to victory in the current campaign / Russell D. Howard -- Networks, netwar, and information-age terrorism / John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt, and Michele Zanini -- Countering complexity : an analytical framework to guide counter-terrorism policy / Brent Ellis -- Religion -- Terrorism in the name of religion / Magnus Ranstorp -- The logic of religious violence / Mark Juergensmeyer -- All God's poisons : re-evaluating the threat of religious terrorism with respect to non-conventional weapons --

Weapons of mass destruction. Getting and using the weapons / Jessica Stern -- Toward biological security / Christopher F. Chyba -- The bioterrorist threat in the United States / Richard F. Pilch -- The threat of other forms of terrorism -- Narcotics, terrorism, and international crime : the convergence phenomenon / Barry R. McCaffrey and John A. Basso -- The logic of suicide terrorism / Bruce Hoffman -- Terrorism and IT : cyberterrorism and terrorist organizations online / Maura Conway -- White ethnonationalist and political Islamist methods of fundraising and propaganda on the Internet / Madeleine Gruen -- Terrorism in the genomic age / John Ellis -- Countering the terrorist threat -- The challenges of terrorism. Fear itself : counterterrorism, individual rights, and U.S. foreign relations post 9-11 / Laura K. Donahue -- A nasty business / Bruce Hoffman -- Terrorism and just war doctrine / Anthony Clark Arend -- NBC-armed rogues : is there a moral case for preemption? / Brad Roberts.

Strategies and approaches for combating terrorism. Soft underbelly of American primacy : tactical advantages of terror / Richard K. Betts -- Bin Laden's war / James S. Robbins -- The real intelligence failure on 9/11 and the case for a doctrine of striking first / Richard H. Shultz and Andreas Vogt -- The struggle against terrorism : grand strategy, strategy, and tactics / Barry R. Posen -- Deterring mass-casualty terrorism / Wyn Q. Bowen -- Organizing to fight terrorism -- Counterterrorism policy and the political process / Martha Crenshaw -- Fixing intelligence / Richard K. Betts -- Combating terrorism : with a helmet or a badge? / Jeffrey H. Norwitz -- The limits of military power / Rob de Wijk -- Business versus terror / David J. Rothkopf -- Appendix A : Background information on designated foreign terrorist organizations -- Appendix B : Significant terrorist incidents, 1961-2001.