In the last 50 years, terrorists have committed hundreds of horrific acts of violence to further their causes. This accessible, single-volume text covers the most significant terrorist acts across contemporary history worldwide. Since the attacks on September 11, 2001, terrorism has remained the chief threat to international stability and security. The 50 Worst Terrorist Attacks draws on all forms of terrorism-international, transnational, and domestic-anywhere in the world, covering all types of acts (e.g., bombings, assassinations, armed attacks, skyjackings) by any organization and…mehr
In the last 50 years, terrorists have committed hundreds of horrific acts of violence to further their causes. This accessible, single-volume text covers the most significant terrorist acts across contemporary history worldwide. Since the attacks on September 11, 2001, terrorism has remained the chief threat to international stability and security. The 50 Worst Terrorist Attacks draws on all forms of terrorism-international, transnational, and domestic-anywhere in the world, covering all types of acts (e.g., bombings, assassinations, armed attacks, skyjackings) by any organization and ideology. The work goes beyond documenting the key events that occurred in or involved the United States; it also covers important terrorist attacks by left- and right-wing organizations, religiously motivated groups, and separatists that are largely unknown among Western audiences. Each entry supplies the details of the attack-the perpetrators, victims, and eventual resolution-as well as the political, social, and international contexts in which the event occurred. Readers will grasp the evolution of terrorist activities and methodologies in the 20th and 21st centuries, understand the importance of each event in the development of the terrorist repertoire, and gauge the responses intended to counter these new kinds of attacks.
Edward Mickolus teaches at the University of North Florida and other universities and is a member of the Board of Advisors at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School in Washington, D.C. A 33-year veteran of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, he is the author of 35 books, including a series of multi-volume chronologies and biographies on international terrorism.
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Preface Introduction The 1960s The 1970s March 31 1970: Japan Airlines Flight 351 Hijacking to North Korea September 6 1970: Dawson's Field Multiple Aerial Hijackings May 30 1972: Machine Gun Attack in Lod Airport September 5 1972: Munich Olympics Attack May 15 1974: Ma'alot Massacre December 21 1975: Vienna OPEC Hostage-Taking June 27 1976: Entebbe October 6 1976: Cubana Flight 455 Bombing October 13 1977: Landshut Hijacking and GSG 9 Rescue in Mogadishu March 16 1978: Aldo Moro Kidnapping August 27 1979: Mountbatten Assassination November 4 1979: Iran Hostage Crisis November 20 1979: Mecca Grand Mosque Takeover The 1980s August 2 1980: Bologna Train Bombing October 6 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat Assassination April 18 1983: U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombing October 23 1983: U.S. Marine and French Paratrooper Barracks in Lebanon Bombing June 23 1985: Air India Flight 182 Bombing October 7 1985: Achille Lauro Seajacking April 5 1986: Berlin La Belle Discotheque Bombing September 5 1986: Pan Am 73 Hijacking December 21 1988: Lockerbie Bombing September 19 1989: French Airline UTA 772 Bombing The 1990s March 17 1992: Buenos Aires Israeli Embassy Bombing February 26 1993: World Trade Center Bombing July 18 1994: Buenos Aires AIMA Bombing March 20 1995: Tokyo Subway Sarin Gas Attack April 19 1995: Oklahoma City Bombing June 14 1995: Budennovsk Russia Hospital Hostage-Taking November 23 1996: Ethiopian Airlines ET961 Hijacking December 17 1996: Japan Embassy in Peru Takeover November 17 1997: Luxor Attack August 7 1998: Tanzania and Kenya U.S. Embassy Bombings August 15 1998: Omagh Northern Ireland Bombing The 2000s October 12 2000: Yemen USS Cole Attack September 11 2001: Al Qaeda U.S. World Trade Center Pentagon and Pennsylvania Hijackings October 12 2002: Indonesia Bali Bombings October 23 2002: Moscow Theater Takeover May 12 2003: Riyadh Western Compound Bombings February 27 2004: Philippines Superferry 14 Bombing March 11 2004: Madrid Train Bombings August 24 2004: Two Russian Planes Bombing September 1 2004: Russia Beslan School Takeover July 7 2005: U.K. Subway Bombings July 23 2005: Sharm el-Sheikh Bombing November 26 2008: India Mumbai Attacks The 2010s March 29 2010: Russia Moscow Subway Bombings July 11 2010: Uganda World Cup Bombings January 16 2013: Algerian Gas Plant Takeover September 21-24 2013: Nairobi Kenya Westgate Shopping Mall Attack The Worst 51-68 September 4 1969: Brazil U.S. Ambassador Burke Elbrick Kidnapping March 1 1973: Sudan U.S. Ambassador Cleo Noel Assassination December 27 1974: U.S. Ambassador Shelton Party Attack December 23 1975: CIA Chief of Station/Athens Richard Welch Assassination March 9 1977: Takeover of Washington D.C. Buildings September 5 1977: Hans-Martin Schleyer Kidnapping and Assassination 1978-1995: The Unabomber 1985-1986: Lebanon Kidnappings of Westerners January 25 1993: CIA Headquarters Route 123 Entrance Attack 2001: Anthrax Attacks February 27 2002: India Sabarmati Express Train Firebombing March 2 2004: Baghdad and Karbala Mosques Attack October 7 2004: Sinai Hilton Taba Hotel Suicide Bombing July 11 2006: India Mumbai Train Bombings September 20 2008: Islamabad Marriott Hotel Bombing December 30 2009: Afghanistan Bombing of CIA Khost Base October 31 2010: Iraq Our Lady of Salvation Church Takeover July 22 2011: Oslo Shooting and Bombing Spree Unsuccessful Attempts May 13 1981: Attempted Papal Assassination January 1995: Bojinka Planned Bombing of 10 U.S.-Bound Planes December 15 1999: Planned Millennium Bombing of Space Needle and Airport December 22 2001: The Shoe Bomber 2003: Mubtakkar Chemical Weapons Attack on NYC Subway August 10 2006: Planned Liquid Bombings of U.K.-to-U.S. Planes December 25 2009: The Underwear Bomber May 1 2010: Would-Be Bombing of Times Square October 29 2010: Printer Toner Cartridge Bombs on Planes February 17 2012: Would-Be Suicide Bomber at U.S. Capitol Bibliography Country Index Name and Group Index
Preface Introduction The 1960s The 1970s March 31 1970: Japan Airlines Flight 351 Hijacking to North Korea September 6 1970: Dawson's Field Multiple Aerial Hijackings May 30 1972: Machine Gun Attack in Lod Airport September 5 1972: Munich Olympics Attack May 15 1974: Ma'alot Massacre December 21 1975: Vienna OPEC Hostage-Taking June 27 1976: Entebbe October 6 1976: Cubana Flight 455 Bombing October 13 1977: Landshut Hijacking and GSG 9 Rescue in Mogadishu March 16 1978: Aldo Moro Kidnapping August 27 1979: Mountbatten Assassination November 4 1979: Iran Hostage Crisis November 20 1979: Mecca Grand Mosque Takeover The 1980s August 2 1980: Bologna Train Bombing October 6 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat Assassination April 18 1983: U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombing October 23 1983: U.S. Marine and French Paratrooper Barracks in Lebanon Bombing June 23 1985: Air India Flight 182 Bombing October 7 1985: Achille Lauro Seajacking April 5 1986: Berlin La Belle Discotheque Bombing September 5 1986: Pan Am 73 Hijacking December 21 1988: Lockerbie Bombing September 19 1989: French Airline UTA 772 Bombing The 1990s March 17 1992: Buenos Aires Israeli Embassy Bombing February 26 1993: World Trade Center Bombing July 18 1994: Buenos Aires AIMA Bombing March 20 1995: Tokyo Subway Sarin Gas Attack April 19 1995: Oklahoma City Bombing June 14 1995: Budennovsk Russia Hospital Hostage-Taking November 23 1996: Ethiopian Airlines ET961 Hijacking December 17 1996: Japan Embassy in Peru Takeover November 17 1997: Luxor Attack August 7 1998: Tanzania and Kenya U.S. Embassy Bombings August 15 1998: Omagh Northern Ireland Bombing The 2000s October 12 2000: Yemen USS Cole Attack September 11 2001: Al Qaeda U.S. World Trade Center Pentagon and Pennsylvania Hijackings October 12 2002: Indonesia Bali Bombings October 23 2002: Moscow Theater Takeover May 12 2003: Riyadh Western Compound Bombings February 27 2004: Philippines Superferry 14 Bombing March 11 2004: Madrid Train Bombings August 24 2004: Two Russian Planes Bombing September 1 2004: Russia Beslan School Takeover July 7 2005: U.K. Subway Bombings July 23 2005: Sharm el-Sheikh Bombing November 26 2008: India Mumbai Attacks The 2010s March 29 2010: Russia Moscow Subway Bombings July 11 2010: Uganda World Cup Bombings January 16 2013: Algerian Gas Plant Takeover September 21-24 2013: Nairobi Kenya Westgate Shopping Mall Attack The Worst 51-68 September 4 1969: Brazil U.S. Ambassador Burke Elbrick Kidnapping March 1 1973: Sudan U.S. Ambassador Cleo Noel Assassination December 27 1974: U.S. Ambassador Shelton Party Attack December 23 1975: CIA Chief of Station/Athens Richard Welch Assassination March 9 1977: Takeover of Washington D.C. Buildings September 5 1977: Hans-Martin Schleyer Kidnapping and Assassination 1978-1995: The Unabomber 1985-1986: Lebanon Kidnappings of Westerners January 25 1993: CIA Headquarters Route 123 Entrance Attack 2001: Anthrax Attacks February 27 2002: India Sabarmati Express Train Firebombing March 2 2004: Baghdad and Karbala Mosques Attack October 7 2004: Sinai Hilton Taba Hotel Suicide Bombing July 11 2006: India Mumbai Train Bombings September 20 2008: Islamabad Marriott Hotel Bombing December 30 2009: Afghanistan Bombing of CIA Khost Base October 31 2010: Iraq Our Lady of Salvation Church Takeover July 22 2011: Oslo Shooting and Bombing Spree Unsuccessful Attempts May 13 1981: Attempted Papal Assassination January 1995: Bojinka Planned Bombing of 10 U.S.-Bound Planes December 15 1999: Planned Millennium Bombing of Space Needle and Airport December 22 2001: The Shoe Bomber 2003: Mubtakkar Chemical Weapons Attack on NYC Subway August 10 2006: Planned Liquid Bombings of U.K.-to-U.S. Planes December 25 2009: The Underwear Bomber May 1 2010: Would-Be Bombing of Times Square October 29 2010: Printer Toner Cartridge Bombs on Planes February 17 2012: Would-Be Suicide Bomber at U.S. Capitol Bibliography Country Index Name and Group Index
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