Encyclopedia of Terrorism

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Encyclopedia of Terrorism

• Patricia Howitz
• Library 150
• Winter 2005
• Week 4

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• Call No. 303.62503 K97e

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Bibliographic Citation

• Main Author Kushner, Harvey W.
• Title Encyclopedia of terrorism
  / Harvey W. Kushner
• Publisher Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage
  Publications, c2003.
• Description xxvii, 523 p. ill., maps
  29 cm.
• Notes Includes bibliographical
  references (p. 471-p. 481) and
• index.
• Subjects Terrorism--Encyclopedias.
  Terrorists--Biography--Dictiona
  ries.

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• Scope 300 articles cover the
  biographical, historical, geographical, and
  global aspects of terrorism.
• Intended Purpose Reference for students,
  the media, law enforcement, the intelligence
  community, and the decision makers at the federal
  state and local levels.
• Physical Format Hardbound.
• Special Features Readers Guide, List of
  
• Websites, and Chronology Table.

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Entries are arranged alphabetically

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• Introduction most definitions of terrorism
  hinge on three factors the method (violence),
  the target (civilians or the government), and the
  purpose (to instill fear and force political or
  social change).

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• Web Sites Government and International
  Antiterrorist Agencies, Nongovernmental
  Organizations, Journals and Reports, Media.

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• Chronology 1865 to 2002-Starting with
  Confederate veterans forming the Ku Klux Klan.
• Bibliography Overviews, Counter terrorism,
  Primary Documents, Biographies and
  Autobiographies.

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• Indexing. There is cross referencing at the
  end of each article and an index at the end of
  the book.

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Authority

• Harvey Kushner is a professor in
  the Department of Criminal Justice at Long Island
  University. He has studied terrorism for 30
  years and is a nationally recognized expert in
  the field.
• Reference User Services Quarterly,
  American Library Association. It is rare to find
  a reference volume both timely and as well done
  as this effort. Considering the importance of
  its subject, its global and historic coverage,
  and its value to researchers, students, the
  general reader, and law enforcement, this book is
  a must for every library.

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Personal Impression

• The author was in the process of writing this
  book when 9-11 occurred and in the rush to
  publish, I believe it was compromised and is not
  as global and comprehensive as it could be. The
  numbering was forgotten on the Map of Asia
  Reference Table (could be a printing problem) and
  the Chronology Table refers only to the
  terrorists of concern to the United States.
  However, I found The Encyclopedia of Terror very
  informative and I believe it should be included
  in any basic reference collection.

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Who was responsible for the subway attack and
when did it happen?
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Aum Shinrikyo
. Aum Shinrikyo, a cult founded in 1985 by Shoko
Asahara, perpetrated the 1995 sarin gas attack on
the Tokyo subway that killed 12 people Aum
Shinrikyo began in 1984 in a storefront by
offering yoga and religious seminars. Claims that
believers could acquire the ability to levitate,
read minds and teleport, started attracting
followers. The cult became very powerful and
began attacking people that opposed them with
chemicals. When they attacked the subway,
hundreds of their members were arrested,
including Shoko Asahara, and the cult retaliated
with more attacks. The cult has changed their
name to Aleph meaning The Beginning and has
even a larger membership and has spread to other
countries including the United States.
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Web Search

• Chemical and Biological Defense Information

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• The End