About the Book
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
The 1960s
The 1970s
March 31, 1970: Japan Airlines Flight 351 Hijacking to North Korea
September 6, 1970: Dawson's Field Multiple Aerial Hijackings
May 30, 1972: Machine Gun Attack in Lod Airport
September 5, 1972: Munich Olympics Attack
May 15, 1974: Ma'alot Massacre
December 21, 1975: Vienna OPEC Hostage-Taking
June 27, 1976: Entebbe
October 6, 1976: Cubana Flight 455 Bombing
October 13, 1977: Landshut Hijacking and GSG 9 Rescue in Mogadishu
March 16, 1978: Aldo Moro Kidnapping
August 27, 1979: Mountbatten Assassination
November 4, 1979: Iran Hostage Crisis
November 20, 1979: Mecca Grand Mosque Takeover
The 1980s
August 2, 1980: Bologna Train Bombing
October 6, 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat Assassination
April 18, 1983: U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombing
October 23, 1983: U.S. Marine and French Paratrooper Barracks in Lebanon Bombing
June 23, 1985: Air India Flight 182 Bombing
October 7, 1985: Achille Lauro Seajacking
April 5, 1986: Berlin La Belle Discotheque Bombing
September 5, 1986: Pan Am 73 Hijacking
December 21, 1988: Lockerbie Bombing
September 19, 1989: French Airline UTA 772 Bombing
The 1990s
March 17, 1992: Buenos Aires Israeli Embassy Bombing
February 26, 1993: World Trade Center Bombing
July 18, 1994: Buenos Aires AIMA Bombing
March 20, 1995: Tokyo Subway Sarin Gas Attack
April 19, 1995: Oklahoma City Bombing
June 14, 1995: Budennovsk, Russia, Hospital Hostage-Taking
November 23, 1996: Ethiopian Airlines ET961 Hijacking
December 17, 1996: Japan Embassy in Peru Takeover
November 17, 1997: Luxor Attack
August 7, 1998: Tanzania and Kenya U.S. Embassy Bombings
August 15, 1998: Omagh, Northern Ireland, Bombing
The 2000s
October 12, 2000: Yemen USS Cole Attack
September 11, 2001: Al Qaeda U.S. World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Pennsylvania Hijackings
October 12, 2002: Indonesia Bali Bombings
October 23, 2002: Moscow Theater Takeover
May 12, 2003: Riyadh Western Compound Bombings
February 27, 2004: Philippines Superferry 14 Bombing
March 11, 2004: Madrid Train Bombings
August 24, 2004: Two Russian Planes Bombing
September 1, 2004: Russia Beslan School Takeover
July 7, 2005: U.K. Subway Bombings
July 23, 2005: Sharm el-Sheikh Bombing
November 26, 2008: India Mumbai Attacks
The 2010s
March 29, 2010: Russia Moscow Subway Bombings
July 11, 2010: Uganda World Cup Bombings
January 16, 2013: Algerian Gas Plant Takeover
September 21–24, 2013: Nairobi, Kenya, Westgate Shopping Mall Attack
The Worst 51–68
September 4, 1969: Brazil U.S. Ambassador Burke Elbrick Kidnapping
March 1, 1973: Sudan U.S. Ambassador Cleo Noel Assassination
December 27, 1974: U.S. Ambassador Shelton Party Attack
December 23, 1975: CIA Chief of Station/Athens Richard Welch Assassination
March 9, 1977: Takeover of Washington, D.C., Buildings
September 5, 1977: Hans-Martin Schleyer Kidnapping and Assassination
1978–1995: The Unabomber
1985–1986: Lebanon Kidnappings of Westerners
January 25, 1993: CIA Headquarters Route 123 Entrance Attack
2001: Anthrax Attacks
February 27, 2002: India Sabarmati Express Train Firebombing
March 2, 2004: Baghdad and Karbala Mosques Attack
October 7, 2004: Sinai Hilton Taba Hotel Suicide Bombing
July 11, 2006: India Mumbai Train Bombings
September 20, 2008: Islamabad Marriott Hotel Bombing
December 30, 2009: Afghanistan Bombing of CIA Khost Base
October 31, 2010: Iraq Our Lady of Salvation Church Takeover
July 22, 2011: Oslo Shooting and Bombing Spree
Unsuccessful Attempts
May 13, 1981: Attempted Papal Assassination
January 1995: Bojinka Planned Bombing of 10 U.S.-Bound Planes
December 15, 1999: Planned Millennium Bombing of Space Needle and Airport
December 22, 2001: The Shoe Bomber
2003: Mubtakkar Chemical Weapons Attack on NYC Subway
August 10, 2006: Planned Liquid Bombings of U.K.-to-U.S. Planes
December 25, 2009: The Underwear Bomber
May 1, 2010: Would-Be Bombing of Times Square
October 29, 2010: Printer Toner Cartridge Bombs on Planes
February 17, 2012: Would-Be Suicide Bomber at U.S. Capitol
Bibliography
Country Index
Name and Group Index
About the Author :
Edward F. Mickolus, PhD, served in analytical, operational, management, and staff positions in the Central Intelligence Agency for 33 years, where he was CIA's first full-time analyst on international terrorism.
Susan L. Simmons, MA, is an independent writer, editor, strategist, and writing coach.
Review :
Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and general readers.
