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The Rise Of American Extremism: An Exploratory Analysis Of American Religious And Political Extremism From Presidents Jimmy Carter To Barack Obama: 1977-2016, Alwyn J. Melton Jan 2019

The Rise Of American Extremism: An Exploratory Analysis Of American Religious And Political Extremism From Presidents Jimmy Carter To Barack Obama: 1977-2016, Alwyn J. Melton

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative case study was to address the problem of domestic terrorism facing the United States. This concern led to a comprehensive examination of historical documents that focused on the temporal evolution of the problem beginning with the Carter administration and continuing through the Obama administration. The conceptual foundation centered on resolving the research question and validating three hypotheses directed at qualifying the escalation of domestic incidents of terrorism. This led to developing a behavioral model to assist law enforcement agencies in combating the issue of domestic terrorism. Bivariate and clustering statistical analysis validated the data while …

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The Logic Behind Suicide Terrorism And Its Connection To Islam, Sarah L. Minnick Nov 2018

The Logic Behind Suicide Terrorism And Its Connection To Islam, Sarah L. Minnick

Sarah Minnick

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze suicide terrorism and to examine the logic behind it.  The thesis will examine recent Islamic suicide terrorism and why it is so successful.  This paper will also attempt to define suicide terrorism and explain how it functions.
The first half of this thesis reviews a short history of suicide terrorism to show the logic behind it.  It will begin with the Old Testament and continue throughout history until the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.  This thesis will discuss the motivation for terrorist organizations to …

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