Book Description:
This new book focuses on terrorism which is usually described as violence or the perception or threat of imminent violence. Terrorism has been used by a broad array of political organizations in furthering their objectives; both right-wing and left-wing political parties, nationalistic, and religious groups, revolutionaries and ruling governments. Those labeled "terrorists" rarely identify themselves as such, and typically use other generic terms or terms specific to their situation, such as: separatist, freedom fighter, liberator, revolutionary, vigilante, militant, paramilitary, guerrilla, rebel, jihadi or mujaheddin, or fedayeen, or any similar-meaning word in other languages. Sadly is has become a global profession which has come to color all aspects of life from travel, to office locations to pervasive fear.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Expert Commentary A - The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, pp. 1-6;
(Francesco Cherubini (Libera Univ. Internazionale degli Studi Sociali, Rome, Italy))

Expert Commentary B - Mitigating Biothreats, pp. 7-9;
(Shailaja Rabindran and Vidadi Yusibov (Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology, Newark, DE))


Chapter 1 - Antiterrorist Emergency Ventilation: System, Strategy and Decision-Making, pp. 11-81;
(Xianting Li (Dept. of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China), Hao Cai (Dept. of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China, Engineering Instiution of Engineering Corps, PLA Univ. of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China), Lina Zhao (Dept. of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China))

Chapter 2 - Terrorism-Transforming Adversity into Advantage,
pp. 83-109;
(Richard Hutchinson (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD), and Robert Gougelet, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH))

Chapter 3 - The Disastrous War Against Terrorism: Violence versus Enlightenment, pp. 111-133;
(Nicolas Maxwell (Univ. College London))

Chapter 4 - Counteracting and Preventing Terrorist Actions: A Generic Model to Facilitate Inter-Government Cooperation,
pp. 135-152;
(Peter R.J. Trim (Dept. of Management, Birkbeck College, Univ. of London, London, UK), and Jack Caravelli (United Kingdom Defence Academy, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, Swindon, UK))

Chapter 5 - Data Collection for Crisis Communication Centers: Community Preferences for Terror Threat and Act Information,
pp. 153-174;
(Juliann C. Scholl, Bolanle A. Olaniran, David E. Williams, Amy Heuman (Dept. of Communication Studies, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, Texas))

Chapter 6 - Situational Prevention and Penetration Testing: A Proactive Approach to Social Engineering in Organizations,
pp. 175-188;
(Beverly J. Davis (Purdue Univ.))

Chapter 7 - How Can Hospitals Effectively Prepare for Chemical Disasters and Terrorism? Shooting for the Global Standardization of Preparedness for Mass Casualities on Chemical Disaster and Terrorism-Risk Based Preparedness Program (RBPP), pp. 189-199;
(Tetsu Okumura, Tomohiro Hitomi (Dept. of Crisis Management Medicine on CBRNE Hazards), Kenji Hirahara, Takachika Itoh, Takashi Iwamura, Futoshi Nagashima, Atsushi Nakashima, Yuuichi Motomura, Taki Kenji (Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Saga Univ., Saga, Japan))

Chapter 8 - Corporate Strategies for Countering Security Risks,
pp. 201-211;
(David Gillingham (Conventry Univ., UK), and Gabriele Suder (CERAM Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France))

Chapter 9 - Charity and Terrorism: An Economist's Perspective,
pp. 213-221;
(Pierre-Emmanuel Ly (Univ. of Toulouse (ARQADE)))

Index