Terrorism And The Olympics

Author : Anthony Richards
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136854967
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terrorism and the Olympics written by Anthony Richards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book aims to outline the progress, problems and challenges of delivering a safe and secure Olympics in the context of the contemporary serious and enduring terrorist threat. The enormous media profile and symbolic significance of the Olympic Games, the history of terrorists aiming to use such high-profile events to advance their cause, and Al Qaeda's aim to cause mass casualties, all have major implications for the security of London 2012. Drawing on contributions from leading academics and practitioners in the field the book will assess the current terrorist threat, particularly focusing on terrorist targeting and how the Olympics might feature in this, before addressing particular response themes such as transport security, the role of surveillance, resilient designing of Olympic sites, the role of private security, and the challenge of inter-agency coordination. The book will conclude by providing an assessment of the legacy of Olympic security to date and will discuss the anticipated issues and dilemmas of the future. This book will be of interest to students of terrorism studies, security studies, counter-terrorism and sports studies.

Author : Courtney Farrell
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1617851868
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terror at the Munich Olympics written by Courtney Farrell and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines an important historic event, terror at the Munich Olympics. Readers will learn the background of the conflict between Jews and Muslims regarding Israel and Palestine, and its influence on this terrorist act, as well as the background of the terrorist group Black September. A detailed summary of how the event unfolded is covered, including key players and police strategies. Also covered is a critical look at the event's outcome, as well as its effect on future society and the continued hope for peace in the Middle East. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Events is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Author : Kenneth Alonso
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781577450054
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terror at the Atlanta Olympics written by Kenneth Alonso and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the "ruling world elite" is threatened with the weapons of biological warfare, they must decide whether their enemy is an agent of heaven or a psychotic.

Author : Hal Marcovitz
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438124864
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Munich Olympics written by Hal Marcovitz and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an account of the terrorist attacks against Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic games, profiling some of the individuals involved and exploring the political and historical reasons for the acts.

Author : David Clay Large
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0742567419
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Munich 1972 written by David Clay Large and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, this compelling book provides the first comprehensive history of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, notorious for the abduction of Israeli Olympians by Palestinian terrorists and the hostages’ tragic deaths after a botched rescue mission by the German police. Drawing on a wealth of newly available sources from the time, eminent historian David Clay Large explores the 1972 festival in all its ramifications. He interweaves the political drama surrounding the Games with the athletic spectacle in the arena of play, itself hardly free of controversy. Writing with flair and an eye for telling detail, Large brings to life the stories of the indelible characters who epitomized the Games. Key figures range from the city itself, the visionaries who brought the Games to Munich against all odds, and of course to the athletes themselves, obscure and famous alike. With the Olympic movement in constant danger of terrorist disruption, and with the fortieth anniversary of the 1972 tragedy upon us in 2012, the Munich story is more timely than ever.

Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 0756554128
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Massacre in Munich written by Don Nardo and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An attack at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games would produce one of the defining images of international terrorism. The chilling photo of a hooded man peering from a balcony in the Olympic Village would be viewed worldwide as a horrific symbol of global terrorism. The man wearing a mask with cutout slits for his eyes was a member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. He and his fellow terrorists had seized 11 members of the Israeli Olympic delegation and were holding them hostage. They would kill them all as the tragedy unfolded. What had been dubbed the _happy Olympicsî would be forever remembered as the Munich massacre. The Olympics would never the same.

Author : Jeff Hay
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 0737763698
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Munich Olympics Massacre written by Jeff Hay and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling volume examines the historical background of the Munich Olympics Massacre as well as the controversies surrounding the event. Readers will be intrigued by the entire chapter of personal narratives from people who lived through the massacre including an Israeli athlete who recounts losing his teammates, and a Israeli wrestler's story that took him from the Soviet Union to Israel to Munich.

Author : Simon Reeve
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628721413
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Day in September written by Simon Reeve and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 4:30 a.m. on September 5, 1972, a band of Palestinian terrorists took eleven Israeli athletes and coaches hostage at the Summer Olympics in Munich. More than 900 million viewers followed the chilling, twenty-hour event on television, as German authorities desperately negotiated with the terrorists. Finally, late in the evening, two helicopters bore the terrorists and their surviving hostages to Munich's little-used Fürstenfeldbruck airfield, where events went tragically awry. Within minutes all of the Israeli athletes, five of the terrorists, and one German policeman were dead. Why did the rescue mission fail so miserably? And why were the reports compiled by the German authorities concealed from the public for more than two decades? Reeves takes on a catastrophe that permanently shifted the political spectrum with a fast-paced narrative that covers the events detail by detail. Based on years of exhaustive research, One Day in September is the definitive account of one of the most devastating and politically explosive tragedies of the late twentieth century, one that set the tone for nearly thirty years of renewed conflict in the Middle East.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Olympics and the Threat of Terrorism written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jess T. Ford
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437904173
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Olympic Security written by Jess T. Ford and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To assist Greece in securing the 2004 Olympic Games, U.S. gov¿t. agencies provided training and other support in the 4 years leading up to the Games. Also, the U.S. gov¿t. provided some security and other assistance to Amer. athletes, spectators, and commercial investors, and expects to continue such support for future Olympics. This report: (1) determines the U.S. approach and coordination efforts for providing security assistance to the 2004 Summer Olympics; (2) examines the roles of U.S. agencies in Athens Olympics security and their financial outlays; and (3) reviews lessons learned in providing security assistance in support of the Olympics and how they are being incorporated into preparations for future Olympics. Illustrations.