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Edited by Fathali M. Moghaddam, PhD and Anthony J. Marsella, PhD
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LIST PRICE: $49.95
MEMBER/AFFILIATE PRICE: $39.95
343 pages
ITEM #: 4317018
ISBN: 1-59147-032-3
ISBN 13: 978-1-59147-032-8
PUBLICATION DATE: August 2003
EDITION: Hardcover
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Understanding Terrorism brings the many resources of psychological science and practice to bear on the problem of terrorism by providing empirically based theory and interventions for understanding, intervening, and preventing this challenge to international security.
The volume addresses many of the conceptual and definitional issues associated with terrorism, especially those arising from the complex historical and cultural variations in its meaning, motives, and consequences. Terrorism, by definition, attempts to change the psychological state of its targets, so psychologists are well positioned to cast light on this phenomenon. In this volume, leading international experts offer an incisive analysis of the psychosocial basis of terrorism and suggest ways to prevent it, including both strategies to eliminate the conditions that give rise to terrorism as well as effective ways to treat victims of terrorism.
Social and clinical psychologists, social scientists, social workers, and lawmakers will find this volume to be indispensable.
Book Review
The authors should be congratulated for bringing a much-needed psychological perspective to explaining and responding to acts of political violence. Highly recommended.
—CHOICE Magazine
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