U.S. Domestic and Transnational Terrorism

A Guide to Threats Without Borders
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-04321-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 798 g

U.S. Domestic and Transnational Terrorism is an easy-to-read and comprehensive primer detailing the essential information necessary to understand the current terrorist landscape and threats.

The book defines terrorism and outlines the distinctions between what are considered terror attacks, criminal acts, and hate crimes. In looking at both U.S. domestic and transnational terror organizations, the coverage provides a profile of groups’ tactics, attack and operational hallmarks, illegal activities to date, and the ongoing threats they present. The book highlights the need for preparedness and vigilance, but not paranoia – proposing ways in which American authorities and the citizens that they serve can greatly enhance terror awareness, preparedness, and prevention.

U.S. Domestic and Transnational Terrorism serves as both an essential manual and a reference book for a wide variety of readers. This includes homeland security practitioners, federal government and Department of Defense forces and protection personnel, security and anti-terrorism professionals, law enforcement agencies, fire and medical first responders, and academic institutions – offering courses in homeland defense, security, and transnational terrorism studies – and everyday citizens who wish to be informed and aware.

Zielgruppe

Professional Reference and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruffini, Joseph A.

Ruffini, Patricia A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Setting the Stage for This Book  Part 1: Foundational Knowledge  1. If You See Something, Say Something  2. Statistic Don’t Lie  3. Our Glorious Less Than One Percent  4. Terrorists and Just Plain Criminals  5. The Lone Wolf  6. Sleepers  Part Two: Domestic Terrorism  7. Hate Groups in General 8. Antigovernment Groups 9. Anti-Muslim Groups 10. Antisemitic Groups 11. Anti-Immigrant Groups 12. Anti-LGBTQ Groups 13. Domestic Terrorism 14. Acts of Domestic Terrorism: A Rollup 15. White Nationalist (Supremacist) Groups 16. The Ku Klux Klan 17. Sovereign Citizens 18. Racist Skinheads 19. Oath Keepers  20. Proud Boys 21. Three Percenters 22. QAnon 23. Boogaloo Boys 24. Neo-Confederate 25. Neo-Nazi 26. Christian Identity 27. Neo-Volkisch 28. Nation of Islam  Part Three: Transnational (Islamist) Terrorism 29. Anatomy of an Islamist Terrorist 30. U.S. Dept. of State Country Reports on Terrorism 31. The Islamic State (ISIS) 32. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) 33. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force (IRGC-QF) 34. Al Qaeda 35. Hamas 36. Hezbollah 37.Taliban 38. Haqqani Network 39. Al Shabaab  40. Boko Haram  Part Four: What Can We Do?  41. Community Policing  42. Creating a Culture of Awareness and Vigilance  Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph A. Ruffini is a retired U.S. Army combat arms officer and Certified Master Anti-Terrorism Specialist who presents terror awareness, preparedness, and prevention presentations and training sessions to government, military, intelligence community, law enforcement, academic, and citizen audiences throughout the United States and internationally. Along with co-author and wife, Patricia, he is managing partner of and principal consultant for JPR & Associates, LLC, their education, training, and consulting company.

Patricia A. Ruffini is a terrorism subject matter expert and juvenile, restorative justice practitioner and consultant. She is a managing partner, senior research analyst, and program manager for JPR & Associates, LLC. For more than 20 years, Pat has scrutinized and quantified terror organizations, their tactics, techniques, and procedures, transliterating volumes of need-to-know information and data into formats that are easy to read and comprehend.