Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

800 • ABOUT THE AUTHORSdomestic and foreign law-enforcement departments, as well as the U.S.Army and U.S. Air Force, in developing counterterrorist operationalskills. His policy and field training led to the publication of a secondbook, Simulating Terrorism (1980). Dr. Sloan also has been deeplyinvolved in formulating counterterrorism doctrine for the military, aswell as contributing to an evaluation of U.S. policies toward terrorism.In 1986 he served as an expert contributor to the Vice President’s TaskForce on Combating Terrorism. Dr. Sloan’s latest books include Low-Intensity Conflict: Old Threats in a New World, coedited with Edwin G.Corr (1992), Corporate Aviation Security: The Next Frontier in AerospaceOperations, coauthored with Harry Pizer (1992), and Terrorism:The Present Threat in Context (2006). Dr. Sloan is also the first visitingfellow of the Oklahoma National Memorial Institute for the Preventionof Terrorism.