Terrorist Recognition Handbook: A Practitioner's Manual for Predicting and Identifying Terrorist Activities, Second Edition

� 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,

Table of Contents:
Know the Terrorist. Identifying the Terrorist Group and Its Cell. Detection of Key Terrorist Activities. PREDICTING AN ATTACK. The New Fields OF Terror. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA. APPENDICES.

Review :
"... extraordinarily valuable and perhaps the definitive text on terrorist recognition. ... the book details every aspect of terrorism and identifies 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. ... 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 " … highly recommended for those in charge of security and community library military collections." —The Midwest Book Review " … 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 "While he provides this fundamental information, he places it in the context of how it can be used to predict and thwart terrorism, primarily at the tactical level. This outstanding book is replete with useful charts, case studies, diagrams, and information valuable in every aspect of security or counterterrorism programs from individual training, exercises, and red teaming, to the response to a real-world attack. If you bear any responsibility, direct or indirect, for protecting people and property against terrorist attack, you should read this book." - Col. Christopher G. Essig, Security Management