Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

About the AuthorsSean K. Anderson (B.A., Western Washington University; M.A. andPh.D., University of Oklahoma) is professor of political science and thedirector of the International Studies Program at Idaho State University.From 1980 to 1982, Dr. Anderson worked as chief editor in the InternationalDepartment of the Pars News Agency (now the Islamic RepublicNews Agency) in Tehran, Iran. He regularly publishes research on statesponsorship of terrorism originating in the Middle East and on counterinsurgencymeasures by the United States in Studies in Conflict and Terrorismand Low Intensity Conflict & Law Enforcement and has contributedchapters to Networks, Terrorism and Global Insurgency (2005) andCountering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: InternationalPerspectives (2007). Dr. Anderson also works with state and local emergencyplanning and disaster relief agencies and regularly contributes topublic forums within both academic and community settings.Stephen Sloan (B.A., Washington Square University of New YorkUniversity; M.A. and Ph.D., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences atNew York University) is currently Lawrence J. Chastang DistinguishedProfessor of Terrorism Studies, University of Central Florida, as wellas adjunct full professor and fellow at the Research Center for theStudy of Force and Diplomacy of the Department of History at TempleUniversity. He is professor emeritus of the Department of Political Scienceat the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Sloan’s interest in the study ofterrorism is part of his long-term commitment to the study of politicalviolence. His fieldwork in the Republic of Indonesia, coinciding withthe abortive coup d’état of 1965 in which over 100,000 people werekilled, led to the publication of his first book, A Study in Political Violence:The Indonesian Experience (1971). Since 1966 Dr. Sloan haspioneered the development of simulations of terrorist incidents to assist799