This book engages with the most urgent philosophical questions pertaining to the problem of terrorism. What is terrorism? Could it ever be justified? Assuming that terrorism is just one of many kinds of political violence, the book denies that it is necessarily wrong and worse than war. In fact, it may be justifiable under certain circumstances.

A gripping account of how al-Qaeda in Yemen rebounded from an initial defeat to once again threaten the United States.

Describes the author's history-making decade as the FBI's lead investigator into al-Qaeda, thwarting plots around the world, and winning vital confessions from terrorists - without laying so much as a hand on them.

After 9/11, when the nation was still in shock over the unprecedented attack on US soil, Shannen Rossmiller, a county judge and mother of three in rural Montana, was formulating a plan. This is the amazing true story of how an ordinary American mother risked everything to bring Al-Qaeda terrorists to justice.

How 'The Troubles' in Ulster defined the Scottish and British military experience post-WW2 'Bloody Sunday' is one of the iconic moments in British History, but what were the experiences of the soldiers in Ulster, many of them Scottish, and how did the wider events of the Troubles figure in their minds? This book provides the answers.

This book examines the principles and theories behind how the criminal justice system operates, and tackles the controversial issues that surround it. The authors encourage readers to question the extent to which the criminal justice system achieves its aims.

Charles Dickens explores the work of the most popular author of his age in relation to the contradictory impulses of Victorian society, looking at the vital interconnection between his life and his art. His novels resonate well beyond his own age and continue to be recontextualized on the stage, on film, and on television.