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Excelsior College Defining Terrorism Discussion
I’m working on a writing discussion question and need an explanation to help me learn.
These questions in your initial post:
- How has domestic terrorism changed since the 1960s?
- What are the inherent ambiguity issues the FBI has in defining domestic terrorism, and how might they be clarified?
Read/References:
- Required
- Module Notes One: Defining Terrorism
- Module Notes Two: A Brief History of Domestic Terrorism
- Beutel, A. J. (2007, October). A Definition of Terrorism. (Links to an external site.) (p. 2) [PDF, File Size 448KB]. In: Perils of empire Islamophobia, religious extremism and the new imperialism. Paper presented at AMSS 36th Annual Conference. College Park, Maryland. Retrieved from http://www.m inaret.org/breach.pdf
- Bjelopera, J.P. (2013). The Domestic terrorist threat: Background and issues for Congress. (Links to an external site.) [PDF, File size, 730KB] Retrieved from https://fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R42536.pdf
- Sacco, L. (2021, January 13). Domestic Terrorism and the Attack on the U.S. Capitol. CRS Insight. Retrieved from:https://fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/IN11573.pdf (Links to an external site.)
- Hewitt, C. (2014). Chapter 11: Terrorism and extremism in the United States: A historical overview. (Links to an external site.) In Michael, G. and Project, M. (Eds.), Extremism in America (pp. 294–310). Gainesville: Florida: University Press of Florida. Retrieved from http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://search….
- Richards, A. (2014). Conceptualizing Terrorism. (Links to an external site.) Studies In Conflict & Terrorism, 37(3), 213–236. Retrieved from http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://search….
- Schmid, A. (2004). “Terrorism on trial: Terrorism – the definitional problem.” (Links to an external site.) Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 36, 375. Retrieved from http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://search….