 New in paper
The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against TerrorismAmi Pedahzur
"[Pedahzur's] insights are so well reasoned and relevant that the pages almost turn themselves." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"[A] superb examination of Israel's secret services." - New York Post
An expert on terror and political extremism, Ami Pedahzur argues that Israel's strict reliance on the elite units of the intelligence community is fundamentally flawed. Pedahzur's complex study explores this issue through Israel's past encounters with terrorists, specifically hostage rescue missions, the first and second wars in Lebanon, the challenges of the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian terrorist groups, and Hezbollah.Interview.ORDER NOW$22.50 paper 232 pages/12 illus. Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
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Small Boats,Weak States,
Dirty Money
Piracy and Maritime Terrorism in the Modern World
Martin N. Murphy
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
"A valiant effort . . . its sobriety and scope should make it essential for professionals in shipping, insurance, risk management, and security." - Financial Times
"This book sets the standard for future serious works on piracy and maritime terrorism." - Naval War College Review
Murphy's research opens up surprising sites of contact between pirates and wider criminal networks, organizations that pursue their corrupt agendas not only on sea but also on land. It is these relationships, Murphy argues, that bring about the destabilization of states and regions in which piracy occurs.
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$29.50 paper 540 pages
A Columbia/Hurst Book
The Uyghurs
Strangers in Their Own Land
Gardner Bovingdon
"An original and significant contribution to the study of ethnic relations within the People's Republic of China. Very few foreign scholars have been able to study Xinjiang in such detail...Must reading for anyone interested in contemporary China." - Peter C. Perdue, Yale University
Beginning with the history of Xinjiang and its unique population of Chinese Muslims, Gardner Bovingdon follows fifty years of Uyghur discontent, particularly the development of individual and collective acts of resistance since 1949, as well as the role of various transnational organizations in cultivating dissent. Bovingdon's work provides fresh insight into the practices of nation building and nation challenging, not only in relation to Xinjiang but also in reference to other regions of conflict.
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$45.00 / £31.00 cloth 304 pages, 6 illus.
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