Sociology And Psychology Of Terrorism Who Becomes A Terrorist And Why?

CONTENTSPrefaceExecutive Summary: Mindsets of Mass DestructionNew Types of Post-Cold War TerroristsNew Forms of Terrorist-Threat ScenariosIntroductionTerms of AnalysisDefining Terrorism and TerroristsTerrorist Group TypologiesApproaches to Terrorism AnalysisThe Multicausal ApproachThe Political ApproachThe Organizational ApproachThe Physiological ApproachThe Psychological ApproachGeneral Hypotheses of TerrorismFrustration-Aggression HypothesisNegative Identity HypothesisNarcissistic Rage HypothesisThe Psychology of the TerroristTerrorist MotivationThe Process of Joining a Terrorist GroupThe Terrorist as Mentally IllThe Terrorist as Suicidal FanaticFanaticsSuicide TerroristsTerrorist Group DynamicsPressures to ConformPressures to Commit Acts of ViolenceTerrorist Rationalization of ViolenceThe Terrorist's Ideological or Religious PerceptionTerrorist ProfilingHazards of Terrorist ProfilingSociological Characteristics of Terrorists in the Cold War PeriodA Basic ProfileAgeEducational, Occupational, and Socioeconomic BackgroundGeneral TraitsMarital StatusPhysical AppearanceOrigin: Rural or UrbanGenderMalesFemalesCharacteristics of Female TerroristsPracticality, CoolnessDedication, Inner Strength, RuthlessnessSingle-MindednessFemale Motivation for TerrorismConclusionTerrorist ProfilingTerrorist Group Mindset ProfilingPromoting Terrorist Group SchismsHow Guerrilla and Terrorist Groups EndAppendix ? Sociopsychological Profiles: Case StudiesExemplars of International Terrorism in the Early 1970sRenato CurcioLeila KhaledKozo OkamotoExemplars of International Terrorism in the Early 1990sMahmud AbouhalimaSheikh Omar Abdel RahmanMohammed A. SalamehAhmed Ramzi YousefEthnic Separatist GroupsIrish TerroristsKurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and Abdullah OcalanGroup/Leader ProfileLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)Group ProfileBackgroundMembership ProfileLTTE Suicide CommandosLeader ProfileVelupillai PrabhakaranSocial Revolutionary GroupsAbu Nidal Organization (ANO)Group ProfileLeader ProfileAbu NidalPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)Group ProfileLeader ProfileAhmad JibrilRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)Group ProfileLeader ProfilesPedro Antonio Marin/Manuel Marulanda Velez Jorge Brice'o Suarez (?Mono Jojoy?)German Brice'o Suarez (?Grannobles?)?Eliecer?Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N)Group ProfileReligious Fundamentalist GroupsAl-QaidaGroup ProfileLeader ProfilesOsama bin LadenAyman al-ZawahiriSubhi Muhammad Abu-Sunnah (?Abu-Hafs al-Masri?)Hizballah (Party of God)Group ProfileLeader ProfileImad Fa'iz MughniyahIslamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)Group ProfileThe Suicide Bombing StrategySelection of Suicide BombersLeader ProfilesSheikh Ahmed YassinMohammed Mousa (?Abu Marzook?)Emad al-AlamiMohammed DiefAl-Jihad GroupGroup ProfileNew Religious GroupsAum ShinrikyoGroup/Leader ProfileKey Leader ProfilesYoshinobu AoyamaSeiichi EndoKiyohide HayakawaDr. Ikuo HayashiYoshihiro InoueHisako IshiiFumihiro JoyuTakeshi MatsumotoHideo MuraiKiyohide NakadaTomomasa NakagawaTomomitsu NiimiToshihiro OuchiMasami TsuchiyaTablesTable 1. Educational Level and Occupational Background of Right-Wing Terrorists in West Germany, 1980Table 2. Ideological Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984Table 3. Prior Occupational Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984Table 4. Geographical Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984Table 5. Age and Relationships Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984Table 6. Patterns of Weapons Use by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November, 1975-97GlossaryBibliographyLibrary of Congress Staff is the author of 'Sociology And Psychology Of Terrorism Who Becomes A Terrorist And Why?', published 2005 under ISBN 9781410212771 and ISBN 1410212777.