Author: Ami Pedahzur
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: terrorism, studies, irregular, warfare, columbia, israeli, services, struggle, secret
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2009-01-13
List price: $29.50
ISBN-10: 0231140428
ISBN-13: 9780231140423

While Mossad is known as one of the world’s most successful terrorist-fighting organizations, the state of Israel has, more than once and on many levels, risked the lives of its agents and soldiers through unwise intelligence-based intervention. The elimination of Palestinian leaders and militants has not decreased the incidence of Palestinian terrorism, for example. In fact, these incidents have become more lethal than ever, and ample evidence suggests that the actions of Israeli intelligence have fueled terrorist activities across the globe.An expert on terror and political extremism,

Author: Ami Pedahzur
Publisher: Polity
Keywords: terrorism, suicide
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-12-27
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0745633838
ISBN-13: 9780745633831

Suicide terrorism in its modern form made its first appearance in Lebanon in the early 1980s. Over the last quarter century, terrorist attacks perpetrated by suicide bombers have spread to many corners of the world and have become a major threat for both the governments and citizens of numerous countries. Can this devastating phenomenon be attributed to a specific religion or culture? What are the causes and motivations that lead ordinary people to embark upon suicide attacks? How are potential bombers trained for their mission? And is it possible for democratic governments to effectively cope

Author: Ami Pedahzur
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Keywords: defending, democracy, violence, extremism, response, jewish, israeli
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2002-12-20
List price: $84.95
ISBN-10: 0719063728
ISBN-13: 9780719063725

This book looks at the theoretical issue of how a democracy can defend itself from those wishing to subvert or destroy it, without being required to take measures that would impinge upon the basic principles of the democratic idea, such as human rights, freedom of speech, and the freedom to form political organizations. In this book institutional and social frameworks are incorporated into the discussion of the ’paradox’ in an attempt to provide an answer to the question: is there a golden path which can reconcile between the democratic polity’s need to defend itself and, at