Yonah Alexander

Biographic Data

ID1014495
NAMEYonah Alexander
GIVEN NAMESYonah
FAMILY NAMEAlexander
SIGNATUREALEXANDER Y
AFFILIATIONSState University of New York
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS43
TOTAL CITATIONS25
AUTHOR COUNT39
EDITOR COUNT4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX3

  • Personal and Academic Historical Lessons

    Yonah AlexanderARTICLEInternational Journal on Minority…2023

  • Terrorism: Theory and Practice

    Lewis M Alexander, Yonah Alexander et al.BOOKTerrorism2019

  • Terrorism in Ireland (RLE): Terrorism and Insurgency

    Yonah Alexander, Alan O'Day et al.BOOKTerrorism in Ireland (RLE:…2015

  • Europe's Red Terrorists: The Fighting Communist Organizations

    Yonah Alexander, Dennis A PluchinskyBOOKEurope's Red Terrorists2012Cited by: 7

    This unique volume explores Europe's most dangerous communist terrorist organizations and reveals how they use violence as a means of political communication and persuasion. It outlines seven terrorist groups from Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Belgium, Italy and Turkey and gives their modus operandi, rationale and political messages in translated communiqués never before available in English.

  • The New Iranian Leadership: Ahmadinejad, Terrorism, Nuclear Ambition, and the Middle East

    Yonah Alexander, Milton HoenigBOOKThe New Iranian Leadership2007

    Since his election, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has reversed the more moderate and pluralistic policies of his predecessor and projected himself onto the public scene with headline-grabbing speeches regarding Jews and the state of Israel, open defiance of the UN Security Council on the nuclear issue, and an apparent vision of his country becoming the dominant power in the Middle East. This book documents Ahmadenijad's background and ris…

  • The New Iranian Leadership: Ahmadinejad, Terrorism, Nuclear Ambition, and the Middle East

    Yonah Alexander, Milton HoenigBOOKThe New Iranian Leadership2007

    Since his election, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has reversed the more moderate and pluralistic policies of his predecessor and projected himself onto the public scene with headline-grabbing speeches regarding Jews and the state of Israel, open defiance of the UN Security Council on the nuclear issue, and an apparent vision of his country becoming the dominant power in the Middle East. This book documents Ahmadenijad's background and ris…

  • Evolution of U.S. Counterterrorism Policy: [3 Volumes]

    Yonah Alexander, Michael B KraftBOOKEvolution of U.S. Counterterrorism…2007

    Including many older documents not available electronically or otherwise accessible, this three-volume set provides the first comprehensive collection of key documents, statements, and testimony on U.S. government counterterrorism policies as they have evolved in the face of the changing terrorist threats. Selected executive and congressional materials highlight the government's diverse policy and program responses to terrorism. The testimony, st…

  • Palestinian Religious Terrorism: Hamas and Islamic Jihad

    Yonah AlexanderBOOKPalestinian Religious Terrorism2002

    This volume profiles Hamas (Harakat al-Mugawama al-Islamiya), main radical Islamic terrorist group dedicated to the destruction of the State of Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, smaller in size but equally committed to eliminating Israel through political violence. The aim of this book is not to glorify terrorist movements. Rather it is designed to provide an easily accessible reference for academics, policy makers, reporters, and other i…

  • Terrorism and Business: The Impact of September 11,2001

    Yonah Alexander, Dean C AlexanderBOOKTerrorism and Business2002

    This timely book addresses the threats to and responses by Corporate America, U.S. labor, and the U.S. government triggered by the unprecedented September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The text details these incidents and assesses their human and financial costs; the multi-dimensional aspects of terrorism and its historical context; and the U.S. business community at home and abroad as principal targets of terrorism over the last 40 years. Next, t…

  • Combating Terrorism: Strategies of Ten Countries

    Yonah AlexanderBOOKCombating terrorism2002

    "Combating Terrorism will be of interest to policymakers, scholars, and other individuals with professional responsibilities in the area of terrorism and security studies. Clear and accessible, this book will also provide the general reader valuable insight into the wide array of issues that face governments and convey possible solutions to one of the foremost threats to world peace."--BOOK JACKET

  • Usama bin Laden's Al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network

    Yonah Alexander, Michael S Swetnam et al.BOOKUsama bin Laden's Al-Qaida2001

    The al-Qaida informal and loose international network in over 50 countries has been responsible for spectacular terrorist operations such as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York, the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa, and is apparently linked to the attack of the destroyer USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, in 2000 and the September 11th, 2001 events in New York City and Washington,D…

  • International Terrorism: Political and Legal Documents

    Yonah AlexanderBOOKInternational Terrorism1992

    This is the first comprehensive, single-volume collection of terrorism documents. The editor assembled material from both governmental and nongovernmental source relating to the prevention and suppression of terrorism. The collection constitutes a valuable research tool for academics and also for those concerned with implementing instruments to combat terrorism.

  • Technology against terrorism: The federal effort

    Yonah AlexanderARTICLETerrorism1991

    a Targett~ alrn~t exclusively agahst threate to nUCkH fadities. b lncl~~ the FBI, the Secret ~rv~e, and the @st~mS ~rv~e. The relevant research budgeta of these appear to be extremely low. The FBI, in particular, is unable to pursue many promising research projects, especially in the area of explosives detection, because of the minuscule amount of resources available (Iessthan $100,000 per year). The Central Intelligence Agency refused to provide…

  • The Politics of Terrorism: Terror as a State and Revolutionary Strategy

    Andrew J Pierre, Barry Rubin et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1991Cited by: 1

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  • The George Washington university conferences on terrorism: Current understanding of terrorist motivation and psychology: Implications for a differentiated Antiterrorist policy

    Yonah Alexander, Jerrold M PostARTICLETerrorism1990

    (1990). The George Washington university conferences on terrorism. Terrorism: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 165-168

  • The George Washington university conferences on terrorism: Superterrorism: Biological, chemical, and nuclear

    Yonah Alexander, Jerrold M PostARTICLETerrorism1990

  • The International Relations of the Palestine Liberation Organization

    John C Campbell, Augustus Richard Norton et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1990Cited by: 5

    A balanced, topical account of the PLO and its statelike relationships with several key nations in the global arena. The eight essayists examine the incentives prompting the organization to seek ties with various states as well as the benefits derived from these international bonds. The nations involved include Russia, China, Iran, many Latin American countries, and the Arab world

  • Terrorism: Review of 1988 and prospects for 1989

    Yonah AlexanderARTICLETerrorism1989

  • Inter‐institutional conference on terrorism research: A state of the art

    Yonah Alexander, James T Kirkhope et al.ARTICLETerrorism1989

  • Terrorism: George Washington university seminar reports, 1988–1989

    Yonah Alexander, Herbert M HoweARTICLETerrorism1989

  • The European: Middle East Terrorist Connection

    Yonah AlexanderARTICLEInternational Journal of…1989

  • Conference on Middle East fundamentalism and terrorism, the carnegie endowment for international peace, April 21, 1988

    Yonah Alexander, L Paul BremerARTICLETerrorism1988

    The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D. C. was the site of a conference on Middle East Fundamentalism and Terrorism held 21 and 22 April 1988. The conference was cosponsored by the School of International Affairs of The George Washington University, the Center for International Development and Conflict Management of the University of Maryland, the Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer Memorial Foundation of the Anti‐Defamation Lea…

  • Countering terrorism: U.S. policy in the 1980s and 1990s

    Yonah Alexander, L Paul BremerARTICLETerrorism1988

    (1988). Countering terrorism: U.S. policy in the 1980s and 1990s. Terrorism: Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 531-538

  • Terrorism: Threats and trends

    Yonah AlexanderARTICLETerrorism1987Cited by: 1

  • Selected papers from: International terrorism: Threats and responses

    Yonah Alexander, Jaime Suchlicki et al.ARTICLETerrorism1987