In this new edition of TERRORISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM: UNDERSTANDING THE NEW SECURITY ENVIRONMENT, READINGS AND INTERPRETATIONS, Brigadier General (Retired) Russell Howard, Major Reid Sawyer and Natasha Bajema have collected original and previously published seminal articles and essays by political scientists, government officials, and members of the nation’s armed forces. The editors and several of the authors write from practical field experience in the nation’s war on terrorism. Others have had significant responsibility for planning government policy and responses. The contributors include a majority of the significant names in the field including John Arquilla, Richard Betts, Martha Crenshaw, Rohan Gunaratna, Bruce Hoffman and Paul Pillar. Part One of the book analyzes the philosophical, political, and religious roots of terrorist activities around the world and discusses the national, regional, and global effects of historical and recent acts of terrorism. In addition to material on the threats from suicide bombers, as well as chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons, there are also important contributions analyzing new and growing threats such as genomic terrorism. Part Two deals with past, present, and future national and international responses to--and defenses against--terrorism. Essays and articles in this section analyze and debate the practical, political, ethical, and moral questions raised by military and non-military responses (and pre-emptive actions) outside of the context of declared war. This section has expanded on the previous edition to include three timely chapters on terrorism and the media, the role of the private sector, and winning the war on terrorism.

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations (Textbook)

Politics & Social Sciences

Bajema, Natasha

Howard,Russell

Sawyer,Reid

Sociology

McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

The U.S. government might consider enhancing nuclear weapons with artificial intelligence in the near future. What could possibly go wrong?The year is 2033. Warfare is taking place at the speed of machines, and the decision-making window for launching nuclear weapons is closing fast. To prevent nuclear adversaries from exploiting a time advantage, the U.S. government relies upon an automated nuclear command and control system, designed to rapidly deliver nuclear weapons. Two Chinese nuclear-armed submarines go missing in U.S. coastal waters in the middle of China's scheduled war game, putting everyone at the White House on edge. As vice president, Susan Tolley never imagines having to pull the nuclear trigger. That is until the president mysteriously drops dead, and she's sworn into office as commander-in-chief on the same day. When her uncle gets fired as the president's chief of staff, Dr. Morgan Shaw, a nuclear weapons expert at the White House, worries she might be next to go-especially since she's crossed wires with Susan during her time as VP on a few occasions. Amidst heightening tensions with China, Morgan discovers some troubling information about the algorithms that operate the Department of Defense's automated nuclear command and control system. Before Susan and Morgan have time to sort out their differences and exchange vital information, a major crisis breaks out between the United States and China, bringing both countries to the brink of nuclear war. After the automated command and control system detects an incoming nuclear attack, it automatically gives the launch order. Susan is unable to verify if missiles armed with nuclear weapons are actually heading for targets in the U.S., or if the automated system detected a false alarm.With only eight minutes and fifty-three seconds to issue the rescind order, Susan must decide whether to trust the machine or to go with her gut instinct. Will Morgan get to the president in time to share some dark truths about the automated system? If she does, will the president listen to her advice? Will the United States and China end up going to nuclear war?

Rescind Order: A Highly Suspenseful Technothriller About Nuclear Weapons and Artificial Intelligence (A Morgan Shaw Novel)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Nuclear Spin Cycle Publishing

Bionic Bug: A Mystery Novel (Lara Kingsley)

Is justice for a friend worth a deal with the devil?
When former special operator Lara Kingsley’s best friend mysteriously drops dead at a crowded baseball game, she vows to bring his killer to justice. But her harrowing search uncovers far more than she bargains for.
Racing to unravel the mystery, she finds herself becoming deeply entangled in a new technological world of remote-controlled beetles, gene editing, and the Dark Web—the notorious underground of the Internet.
Her investigation leads to a rogue scientist with the answer to her friend’s death. But when she uncovers his plan to unleash the ultimate biological weapon on the nation’s capital, she’s faced with an impossible choice: enlist his help to solve her friend’s murder, or stop him from killing thousands of innocent people.
Bionic Bug is the first book in the Lara Kingsley Series, which weaves together elements of mystery, techno-thriller, and science fiction and is set in the near future. If you like action-packed mystery novels, then you’ll love this new series from long-time national security expert, Natasha Bajema.
Warning: This is not your grandmother’s mystery novel.
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Bionic Bug: A Mystery Novel (The Lara Kingsley Series)

Mystery

Secrets turn deadly in the streets of Washington D.C.
When a young man scales a ten-story building assisted by high tech military-grade gear and falls to his death below, private investigator Lara Kingsley knows her powerful Chinese client will demand some answers. But she doesn’t realize she’s about to get swept into a deadly, international technology race between the United States and China.
As Lara begins a desperate mission to prove the man’s death was a homicide and restore her professional reputation, she uncovers a Top Secret Pentagon project and confronts a complex world of nanotechnology, neural implants, and passenger drones.
To solve the murder and stop Chinese operatives from stealing vital defense technologies, Lara must enlist the help of her AI-powered virtual assistant, her ex-boyfriend, and an ill-tempered detective from the D.C. Metropolitan police.
Just how far will Lara go to protect national security and prevent China from gaining critical advantages on the battlefield of the future?
Project Gecko is book two in the Lara Kingsley Series, which weaves together elements of mystery, techno-thriller, and science fiction. If you liked Bionic Bug, then you’ll love the latest installment of Natasha Bajema’s action-packed mystery series. 
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Project Gecko: A Mystery Novel (Lara Kingsley)

What would you choose? Your job or your country?Washington D.C., March 2028Still reeling from the death of her best friend, Lara Kingsley must choose between her integrity as a private investigator and her patriotic devotion to her country—a decision that puts her freedom, her career as an Army Special Forces Officer, and the future of Kingsley Investigations at risk.When she is hired to install a high-end surveillance system for a Chinese tech startup, Lara has no idea she’s about to get caught up in a Top Secret Pentagon project and thrust into a deadly technology race between the United States and China.Her journey begins when a man wearing strange gloves, boots and a robust exoskeleton suit scales the glass windows outside the tenth-floor office building where she’s working and falls to his death below. Lara begins a desperate mission to prove to authorities that the man’s death was not a suicide or an accident. Racing to unravel the mystery, she confronts a new technological world of nanotechnology, neural implants, self-driving cars, and passenger drones.To solve the murder and stop Chinese operatives from stealing vital defense technologies, Lara must enlist the help of her virtual assistant, her trusty sidekick, her ex-boyfriend, and an ill-tempered detective from the D.C. Metropolitan police. Just how far will Lara go to protect U.S. national security and prevent China from gaining critical advantages on the battlefield of the future?Project Gecko is book two in the Lara Kingsley Series, which weaves together elements of mystery, techno-thriller, and science fiction. If you liked Bionic Bug, then you’ll love this latest installment of Natasha Bajema’s action-packed mystery series. Buy Project Gecko to join Lara and her team on their latest exciting adventure.Warning: This is not your grandmother’s mystery novel.

Project Gecko: A Mystery Novel (The Lara Kingsley Series)

Aetherian Prophecy: Chronicles of Asterwelt

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Asterwelt Productions, LLC

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