Understanding the War on Terror : perspectives, challenges and issues / Riku Flanagan, editor.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- The Culture of Terror after 9/11: When the Other Is Undesired -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Debating the American Exceptionalism -- Terrorism and the Rogue States -- The Rogue Regime: Analyzing the American Ethnocentrism -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Author -- Chapter 2 -- The War on Terror and the Contemporary Society -- Abstract -- Introduction -- A Radical Sociology of 9/11 -- The Needs of Preventive Wars -- The War on Terror Reconsidered -- The War on Terror and US -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3

The War on Terror from Reality to Idea: Why a Final Victory Will Remain Elusive -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Ideological Roots of Salafi Jihadism -- Taqi Al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyyah (1263-1328) -- Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) -- Hasan al-Banna (1906-1949) and the Muslim Brotherhood -- Sayyid Abdul al-Mawdudi (1903-1979) -- Abd Al-Salam Faraj (1954-1982) -- Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941-1989) -- Salafi Jihadism as Backlash against Modernity -- Salafi Jihadism in Action -- Al-Qaeda -- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4

Sophisticated Technologies in Counteraction to Terrorism in Datafied Society: From Big Data to Artificial Intelligence -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Big Data -- Predictive Big Data Analytics -- Prognostic Weapons -- The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: New Threats from Terrorists Are Possible -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Counterterrorist Activity: Case Studies from the USA, China, and Russia -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Terrorist Threats on the Internet: European Union Realities -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Method

Terrorists' Use of Contemporary ICT: An Old Challenge in the New Dimension -- EU Bodies Responsible for Counteracting Terrorist Propaganda on Social Media -- Main Directions in the EU's Counter-IS Practice on Social Media: The Examples -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Blank Page

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