Brian Jenkins: 13 books
Irish Nationalism and the British State
From Repeal to Revolutionary Nationalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2006
Drawing on an immense body of literature and research, Brian Jenkins analyses the forces that shaped mid-nineteenth century Irish nationalism in Ireland and North America as well as the role of the Roman Catholic Church. He outlines the relationship between newly arrived Irish Catholic immigrants...
Lord Lyons
A Diplomat in an Age of Nationalism and War
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The British ambassador in Washington during the US Civil War and ambassador in Paris before and after the Franco-Prussian war, Lord Lyons (1817-1887) was one of the most important diplomats of the Victorian period. Although frequently featured in histories of the United States and Europe in the second...
France and Fascism
February 1934 and the Dynamics of Political Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
France and Fascism: February 1934 and the Dynamics of Political Crisis is the first English-language book to examine the most significant political event in interwar France: the Paris riots of February 1934. On 6 February 1934, thousands of fascist rioters almost succeeded in bringing down the French...
by Paul Wilkinson, Brian Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Brian Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
The author presents a clear-sighted and sobering analysis of where we are today in the struggle against terrorism. Jenkins, an internationally renowned authority on terrorism, distills the jihadists• operational code and outlines a pragmatic but principled approach to defeating the terrorist enterprise....
The Chicago Freedom Movement
Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Six months after the Selma to Montgomery marches and just weeks after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a group from Martin Luther King Jr.'s staff arrived in Chicago, eager to apply his nonviolent approach to social change in a northern city. Once there, King's Southern Christian Leadership...
Aviation Security
After Four Decades, It's Time for a Fundamental Review
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
While security budgets shrink, passenger loads grow, and hostility towards security procedures increases, terrorist groups such as al Qaeda remain obsessed with attacking airplanes. In the face of these challenges and real, innovative threats, the author proposes a mechanism for conducting an independent...
All in a Day's Cricket
An Anthology of Outstanding Cricket Writing
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
This selection of the very best, and most intriguing, writing on cricket, drawn from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, adopts a fresh approach. It is arranged around the theme of the many things that must happen simply for a day's play to happen - from creating a clearing in a Malaysian...
A Journey of Words
35 Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
From Scout Media comes A Journey of Words—the second volume in an ongoing short story anthology series featuring authors from all over the world.
In this installation, the authors will lead the reader to destinations unknown; from the heartbreak of driving to visit a loved one for the last...
Al Qaeda in Its Third Decade
Irreversible Decline or Imminent Victory?
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
This essay examines a number of issues concerning the status of al Qaeda more than ten years after 9/11, including whether America has won the operational battle but lost the ideological contest; whether homegrown terrorism is a growing threat; whether maintaining American troops in Afghanistan is essential; and whether the United States ought to declare on its own an end to the war on al Qaeda.
Demystifying the Big House
Exploring Prison Experience and Media Representations
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Essays in this volume illustrate how shows such as Orange Is the New Black and Oz impact the public’s perception of crime rates, the criminal justice system, and imprisonment. Contributors look at prison wives on reality television series, portrayals of death row, breastfeeding while in prison,...
Would-Be Warriors
Incidents of Jihadist Terrorist Radicalization in the United States Since September 11, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2010
Between 9/11 and the end of 2009, 46 publicly reported cases of domestic radicalization and recruitment to jihadist terrorism occurred in the United States, 13 of them in 2009. Most of the would be jihadists recruited themselves into the terrorist role, assisting foreign terrorist organizations, joining...
Stray Dogs and Virtual Armies
Radicalization and Recruitment to Jihadist Terrorism in the United States Since 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Since 9/11, "homegrown terrorists" have planned or implemented terrorist activities, supported others' terrorist activities, or become radicalized in the United States and traveled abroad to conduct activities against other countries or the United States. This paper examines the cases of homegrown terrorism,...