The New Terrorism: Anatomy, Trends and Counter-Strategies (Regional Security Studies) - Softcover

Southeast Asian Muslims, terrorism experts, and security analysts explore the new terrorism, its root causes, and the relationship between religion and terrorism in Southeast Asia. Material originated at the May 2002 Workshop on the New Dimensions of Terrorism, held at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The editors teach at the Institute. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington represented a true watershed in world history. The attacks revealed the horrifying nature of the so-called 'new terrorism' that has emerged in the post-Cold War era. The new terrorism is defined by four key features: sheer lethality; religious dimension; networked organizational structure; greatly enhanced striking power. As September 11 clearly demonstrated, the new terrorists can leverage on technology to inflict catastrophic damage even on superpowers, let alone other states. This new book examines the new dimensions of terrorism written by leading experts from a wide range of backgrounds from America, Europe and Asia.