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POLS 3635U (GCSU)
Terrorism and U.S. National Security (3 semester hours)

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A study of contemporary terrorist patterns, including historical roots, methods of operation, the spectrum of terrorist networks/groups at home and abroad, types of weapons used by terrorists, relationships to the media and civil liberties, and counterterrorist responses. Emphasis is placed upon how terrorism has affected American security concerns and society in general.

Requirements: Ten lessons and a Final Examination.

Instructor: Jennifer Hammack, Georgia College

and State University.

Texts: Badey, Annual Editions: Violence and Terrorism 07/08, McGraw Hill , 2007 (ISBN 978-0-07-351619-6). Combs, Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006 (ISBN 0-13-193063-X).