Terrorism and Political Violence
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This course explores the complex phenomena of terrorism and political violence from historical, political, and sociological perspectives. Students will examine the causes, motivations, and strategies of non-state and state actors who resort to violence for political ends, as well as the impact of such acts on societies and international relations. The curriculum covers theories of radicalization, case studies of terrorist organizations, methods of counter-terrorism, and the ethical and legal challenges faced by governments and global institutions. Emphasis is placed on understanding the broader socio-political context, the role of media, and the global response to terrorism in the modern era.
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Understanding Terrorism Challenges Perspectives and Issues 6th Edition by Gus Martin
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Chapter 1: Terrorism: First Impressions
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Q1) The New Terrorism is characterized by which of the following?
A) loose, cell-based networks with minimal lines of command and control
B) politically vague, religious, or mystical motivations
C) skillful use of the Internet and manipulation of the media
D) all of these
Answer: D
Q2) Terrorism is a recent phenomenon in human history.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In medieval Europe, behavior that the modern world considers to be terrorism was common in warfare.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) "The Terror" during the French Revolution was considered to be acceptable and necessary.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism
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Q1) Conventional warfare and terrorism are distinguishable by which of the following attributes?
A) Conventional warfare is very successful in comparison to terrorism.
B) Terrorism is a "dirtier" and more unfair method of violence.
C) Conventional warfare is waged primarily to defeat an adversary's armed forces, whereas terrorism is used primarily to affect a broader audience or population.
D) Terrorism is a "poor man's warfare," whereas conventional warfare is a "rich man's warfare."
Answer: C
Q2) The worldview of extremists will often ______.
A) set them apart from the rest of society
B) consist of conspiracy theories
C) give them a very clear sense of mission and purpose
D) all of these
Answer: D
Q3) So-called hate crimes are never acts of terrorism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Beginnings: the Causes of Terrorism
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Q1) The theory of the Stockholm syndrome is used to describe terrorist tendencies within which explanatory discipline?
A) sociological explanations of terrorism
B) criminological explanations of terrorism
C) psychological explanations of terrorism
D) physiological explanations of terrorism
Answer: C
Q2) Participation in terrorist movements by women ______.
A) occurs with some frequency
B) defines their roles as subservient to males
C) rarely occurs
D) defines their roles as superior to males
Answer: A
Q3) During Bloody Sunday, ______.
A) soldiers fired on civilian protesters
B) a series of suicide bombings occurred
C) several airliners were hijacked
D) a series of public bombings occurred
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State
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Q1) One purpose of paramilitary death squads is to provide a degree of "deniability" for the state.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why do some governments engage in international terrorism as a matter of policy?
Discuss international environments that give rise to international state terrorism. Is government-sponsored international political violence ever justifiable?
Q3) In your opinion, why do democracies sometimes use authoritarian methods?
Q4) Were death squads in Latin America an outgrowth of global ideological conflict? Explain your answer.
Q5) Governments often justify domestic violence as being necessary for the good of the nation.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Auto-genocide refers to ______.
A) genocide directed against one's own people
B) genocide that occurs automatically
C) genocide supported by corporate leaders
D) genocide that is being planned but has not yet been carried out
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Chapter 5: Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents
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Q1) Which of the following statements most accurately describes the new dissident terrorist morality?
A) Dissident terrorists engage in "surgical" attacks in order to maximize civilian casualties and damage.
B) Dissident terrorists conscientiously attempt to avoid negative publicity.
C) Dissident terrorists deliberately attempt to maximize civilian casualties and damage.
D) Both "dissident terrorists engage in "surgical" attacks in order to civilian casualties and damage" and "dissident terrorists conscientiously attempt to avoid negative publicity."
Q2) Regarding success for dissident rebellions, the Tupamaros represent which of the following?
A) long-term success and short-term failure
B) short-term success and long-term failure
C) long-term success and long-term failure
D) short-term success and short-term failure
Q3) The Red Army Faction's leaders committed suicide in prison.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism
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Q1) An Islamic jihad is conceptually the same as a Christian Crusade.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Briefly discuss the threat from apocalyptic cults such as Aum Shinriky .
Q3) Discuss whether, in your opinion, an environment has been created for a new generation of Afghan Arabs as a result of the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Q4) Which of the following statements most accurately explains how participants justify violence in the name of religion?
A) God wills it and will reward those who participate in violence done in the name of the faith.
B) The faith tradition is under attack from nonbelievers and must be defended at all costs.
C) Nonbelievers do not understand the faith tradition, and so they all must be exterminated.
D) Both "God wills it and will reward those who participate in violence done in the name of the faith" and "the faith tradition is under attack from nonbelievers and must be defended at all costs."
Q5) Why does Holocaust denial persist?
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Chapter 7: Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and Right
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Q1) Compare and contrast the fringe left and the fringe right.
Q2) In your opinion, why has the fringe right rarely produced sustained terrorist environments similar to fringe left movements other than paramilitary violence?
Q3) The New Left was a movement largely made up of ______.
A) communist and anarchist terrorists
B) fascist activists and sympathizers
C) racial and ethnonationalist radicals
D) none of these
Q4) Skinheads are anti-social associations of youths who are always racists.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast the far left and the far right.
Q6) Fascists traditionally believe in equality for all members of society.
A)True
B)False
Q7) The classical ideological continuum represents which of the following?
A) religious extremism in the modern era
B) radical nationalism in the modern era
C) the political spectrum from the fringe left to the fringe right
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Chapter 8: Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism
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Q1) The international mujahideen represent an example of ______.
A) an international Marxist insurgency
B) global Islamist extremism
C) nationalist revolutionaries
D) proxies of state terrorism
Q2) What lessons are taken from the Japanese Red Army's attack at Israel's Lod Airport?
Q3) Discuss the attributes of the "spillover effect." Why does it occur? From the perspective of dissidents, is it a result of practical necessity? Explain your answer.
Q4) How has "revolutionary solidarity" been a factor in the incidence of international terrorism? Explain how modern political and religious ideologies have affected international terrorism.
Q5) Briefly critique the proposition that international terrorism is a highly efficient operational option.
Q6) In your opinion, are the "stateless revolutionaries" a viable phenomenon in the long term? Explain your answer.
Q7) Select and briefly discuss an example of international terrorism that, in your opinion, was successful.
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Chapter 9: Emerging Terrorist Environments:
Gender-Selective Political Violence and Criminal Dissident
Terrorism
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Q1) Los Zetas in Mexico were originally ______.
A) a prominent drug cartel
B) a minor street gang
C) an elite anti-drug unit of the Mexican military
D) none of these
Q2) Does it make sense to deem criminal dissident political violence as a distinct variety of terrorism? Or, should such violence be classified under other forms of conflict and terrorism? Explain your answer.
Q3) Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the case of the Janjaweed in Sudan?
A) state-sponsored gender-selective communal terrorism
B) a violent transnational organized criminal enterprise
C) narco-terrorism
D) both "a violent transnational organized criminal enterprise" and "narco-terrorism"
Q4) The international drug trade ______.
A) has become prominent in the financing of some extremist movements
B) should be legalized
C) helps the global economy
D) cannot be suppressed
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Chapter 10: Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists
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Q1) Why do terrorists seek to provoke their adversaries into overreacting, especially when such adversaries are often vastly more powerful than themselves? Discuss the logic of this objective from the perspective of violent extremists.
Q2) Threats to cybersecurity include which of the following?
A) cyber disruption
B) cyber sabotage
C) hacktivism
D) both "cyber disruption" and "cyber sabotage"
Q3) The Engineer
A) was a proficient bomb-maker for Hamas.
B) was killed when his cell phone exploded.
C) successfully thwarted airport security measures.
D) both "was a proficient bomb-maker for Hamas" and "was killed when his cell phone exploded."
Q4) Discuss the effectiveness of terrorism within the contexts of the King David Hotel bombing and the bombing of the Marine and French paratrooper barracks in Beirut.
Compare and contrast these incidents. What lessons can be learned from the perspective of terrorists? What lessons can be learned from the perspective of their targeted interests?
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Chapter 11: The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence
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Q1) Media-oriented terrorism refers to ______.
A) terrorist denunciations of journalists and other members of the media
B) terrorists intentionally calculating how their acts of violence can be committed to attract media attention
C) the intentional avoidance of attacks that could attract unwanted media attention
D) both "terrorist denunciations of journalists and other members of the media" and "terrorists intentionally calculating how their acts of violence can be committed to attract media attention"
Q2) Briefly discuss the risk of backlash in the reporting of terrorist incidents.
Q3) Discuss Hezbollah's expertise in manipulating the international media.
Q4) What is the meaning and what are the implications of the phrase "information is power"?
Q5) In the United States, which of the following ethical standards are recommended when reporting terrorist incidents?
A) avoid unchallenged terrorist propaganda
B) never try to solve a situation
C) do not serve as a spokesman/accomplice of the terrorists
D) all of these
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Chapter 12: The American Case: Terrorism in the United States
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Q1) The extreme American left grew out of a uniquely American political environment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Briefly discuss the pattern and attributes of neo-Nazi terrorism.
Q3) Briefly discuss the pattern and attributes of Ku Klux Klan terrorism.
Q4) Christian Identity, Creativity, and Asatru are examples of ______.
A) Christian civil rights movements
B) racist mystical movements
C) intellectual trends on the fringe right wing
D) none of these
Q5) The Ku Klux Klan ______.
A) is an international racist organization
B) was created to promote racial solidarity among Europeans and white Americans
C) has no counterpart among international right-wing movements
D) both "is an international racist organization" and "was created to promote racial solidarity among Europeans and white Americans"
Q6) American neo-Nazis have the same political foundation as European fascists.
A)True
B)False
Q7) How pronounced has the "spillover effect" been in the United States? Page 15
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Chapter 13: Counterterrorism: the Options
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Q1) Antiterrorism most accurately refers to which of the following?
A) the use of the military to attack terrorist groups
B) the use of police units to disrupt domestic terrorist networks
C) enhanced security, target hardening, and other defensive measures to prevent or deter terrorist attacks
D) all of these
Q2) Conciliatory domestic policy options include which of the following?
A) surrender
B) negotiation
C) military options
D) all of these
Q3) Countering dissent may involve which of the following preventive countermeasures?
A) social reform
B) political inclusion
C) peace processes
D) all of these
Q4) Among warlike options, which applications of force are most appropriate when combating terrorism? In your opinion, which options are most effective? Which options are least effective? Explain your answer.
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Chapter 14: A New Era: Homeland Security
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Q1) Provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act include which of the following?
A) the use of nationwide search warrants
B) deportation of immigrants who raise money for terrorist organizations
C) the use of roving wiretaps by investigators
D) all of these
Q2) Why do you think many people favor the use of extra-legal options as a counterterrorist option?
Q3) In your opinion, is there a danger in governmental use of surveillance technologies? If not, why not? What impact, if any, do you expect this to have on society?
Q4) The term "homeland security" has a long history in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In your opinion, which government responses will prove to be most effective for countering terrorism? Explain your answer.
Q6) The Rewards for Justice Program offers money for information on terrorist suspects.
A)True
B)False
Q7) How prevalent should surveillance technology be? Why?
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Chapter 15: What Next the Future of Terrorism
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Q1) Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the future of the reactionary right in the United States?
A) Extremists on the fringe and far right will continue to promulgate conspiracy theories and attract a few True believers to their causes.
B) Possible threats exist from religious extremists who could reinvigorate the violent moralist movement.
C) The promulgation of publications such as The Turner Diaries and The Myth of the Six Million continues to spread racial and anti-Semitic extremism.
D) All of these.
Q2) Terrorists have proven to adapt to counterterrorist measures in creative ways.
A)True B)False
Q3) In your opinion, which government responses will prove to be most effective for countering terrorism? Explain your answer.
Q4) How likely is it that the "old terrorism" will be revived?
Q5) The hawala system is based on trust.
A)True B)False
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