Terrorism - Policy & Prevention, Terrorism - Preparation and Response, Human Resources - General & Miscellaneous, Executives
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Overview
Terrorism is a thoroughly researched collection of information on how to prevent, avoid, cope with, recover from, and analyze criminal kidnapping and hostage-taking. Filled with the stories of successful hostages, along with statistics from intelligence files and international reports, the book is intended as a scholarly yet practical approach to this world-wide issue. The author interviews well-known former hostages, such as David Dodge, General and Mrs. James Dozier, Richard Grover, Gordon Kennedy, Larry and Sis Levin, Roy Libby, Bruce Olson and Lloyd Van Vactor. Based on fifteen years of research and Quarles' experience as a negotiator for missionaries taken hostage, "Terrorism" is a book that is appropriate for political theorists as well as those in the field.Author Biography: Chester L. Quarles is a Certified Protection Professional and the Director of the Criminal Justice Administration Program at the University of Mississippi.
Book Details
Published
January 28, 1991
Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780750691765