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Terrorism as Hazard and Disaster

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Terrorism research has evolved as violence has evolved. The initial focus was on revolutionary violence during the post-World War II anti-colonial wars and then on the violent extension of the Cold War by surrogates acting for the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies. Research on the capabilities of guerrilla forces and the effectiveness of counter-terrorist forces followed. By the 1960s and 1970s, researchers were also focusing on the violence associated with political protest, including violent attacks on protesters, with a particular focus on groups choosing violence over peaceful protest. By the 1980s, anti-government violence by right-wing groups had become more frequent with attacks on government facilities, law enforcement officers, forest rangers and other government representatives. The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center towers in 2001 brought a shift in focus to transnational groups, such as al-Qaeda and now ISIL, and the dynamics of their organizations.

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Waugh, W.L. (2018). Terrorism as Hazard and Disaster. In: Rodríguez, H., Donner, W., Trainor, J. (eds) Handbook of Disaster Research. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63254-4_7

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