Review
… highly recommended for those in charge of security and community library military collections.
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The Midwest Book Review...
extraordinarily valuable and perhaps the definitive text on terrorist recognition. ... In chapter after chapter, the book details every aspect of terrorism and indentifies all of the various elements. ... avoids all of the hype, politics and bias ... simply focuses on its task at hand, to be a field guide for anti-terrorist and counter-terrorist professionals to use to prevent attacks. ... The
Terrorist Recognition Handbookis a must-read for anyone tasked with or interested in anti-terrorism activities. One would hope that every TSA and Homeland Security manager and employee get a copy of this monumental reference. It would change the face of TSA and the Department of Homeland Security ... .
—Ben Rothke, CISSP, PCI QSA, Senior Security Consultant, NY Metro / BT Global Services, writing in
Slashdot.org, April 2008
… this volume offers a wealth of information for any security, law enforcement, military, or intelligence personnel involved in counter-terrorism and anti-terrorism operations. … Malcolm Nance has acquired a level of understanding that surpasses that of many senior government officials with regard to the topics of terrorism, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and he shares his vast knowledge with us in the second edition of the
Terrorist Recognition Handbook. … this book is an excellent introduction to terrorist methodologies for both vigilant first responders and personnel who are preparing for deployment.
—Chris Graham,
The Counter Terrorist
Product Description
Effective counterterrorism requires a non-prejudicial understanding of terrorist motives and methods. Security professionals need to identify who terrorists might be, recognize pre-incident indicators of terrorist activity, and competently analyze intelligence information. Unfortunately, most terrorist education comes in short, sketchy briefings, and reliable sources for the foundational knowledge and tools necessary to prevent or mitigate an attack are rare and incomplete at best.
The Latest Geopolitical Factors
The second edition of Nance’s bestselling Terrorist Recognition Handbook is fully updated with the latest information on geopolitical factors affecting global terrorism and regional insurgencies. A new section includes analyses of transformations within Al Qaeda, coverage of the modern insurgency, and newly active global and regional terrorist groups. Thoroughly revised, the section on terrorist tactics reveals entirely new trends and attack methods that have been previously unseen.
Learn from the Expert
Written by a 20 year veteran of the US intelligence community, this book is an invaluable training tool on how to identify an attack; how to mitigate damage from attacks; and how to recognize the stages of developing terrorist plots. It answers critical questions about who represents a threat, what opportunities are available for them to succeed, and what behaviors can be observed as they prepare for an attack?
Quick Information in a Crisis
Designed for rapid assimilation, each chapter can be read in any order. The no-nonsense style and numerous illustrations make it useful for quick identification of conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction.
Malcolm W. Nance, a 20 year veteran of the US intelligence community, has been deployed on anti-terrorism and intelligence operations in the Balkans, Middle East—including Iraq and Afghanistan—and sub-Saharan Africa.
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