Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

718 • BIBLIOGRAPHY(2007) surveys the state of terrorism studies. In the Political Economyof Terrorism (2005) Walter Enders and Todd Sandler have applied economictheory to develop a rational-actor explanation of contemporaryterrorism that belies many of the assumptions and loaded language thatpasses for analysis in partisan discussions and in the mass media.For a more concrete understanding of terrorist trends worldwide, aswell as of the concrete effects of counterterrorist strategies, there are anumber of edited volumes of thematic essays and focused case studiesthat explore recent and contemporary terrorism. Foremost among theseis Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: InternationalPerspectives, edited by James J. F. Forest, in three volumes,covering issues of counterterrorism strategies and tactics, the sourcesand facilitators (both state and systemic) of terrorism, and specific casestudies of major terrorist attacks and movements over the past threedecades. Another similar work is Networks, Terrorism, and GlobalInsurgency, edited by Robert J. Bunker, which covers both theoreticalexplanations for modern terrorism and insurgency and then examinesempirical studies of the dynamics of the networks of terrorism andtransnational criminality.For an understanding of the historical development of terrorism andits probable future development, the revised and expanded second editionof Bruce Hoffman’s Inside Terrorism (2006) provides an analyticalhistorical overview of terrorism as well as a discussion of contemporarytrends, such as the rise of terrorism in the name of religious causes andthe growing threat of nonstate groups willing to escalate mass killingsin order to advance their causes. Hoffman’s book examines manyimportant historical cases, such as the role of Serbian intelligence inprompting the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, which sparkedWorld War I, as well as more obscure incidents, such as OperationTemple Mount, a plot by Jewish extremists in Israel to destroy Muslimholy places in Jerusalem that was foiled by Israeli security forces. Thenew edition deals specifically with the evolving threat of al Qa’eda andalso reviews the threat posed by white supremacists and far-right radicalgroups within the United States, which, far from being spent forces,have demonstrated remarkable resiliency and adaptability in an everchangingpolitical environment.With regard to terrorism and security within the United States, PhilipB. Heymann’s Terrorism and America: A Commonsense Strategy for aDemocratic Society in its updated second edition continues to make the