Conflict, War and Terrorism

Search the UCF Library catalog for:

• al-Qaeda
• Qaida
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
• suicide bombers
• terrorism
• terrorists
• victims of terrorism
• War on Terrorism, 2001-
• weapons of mass destruction

previous titles: Patterns of Global Terrorism (1983-2003); Patterns of International Terrorism (1980-1983); International Terrorism (1976-1979); International & Transnational Terrorism--Diagnosis & Prognosis (1976)

• Online version (2004+)
• Online version (2000-2003)
• Online version (1995-1999)
• Online version (1976+)
• U.S. Documents S 1.138: (1986, 1989-2001)
• U.S. Documents Microfiche S 1.138: (1987-1988, 1997)
• ASI Microfiche 248-33 (1976-1977); 244-10 (1978-1980); 7004-13 (1981+)

• Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973–1990
• Argentina, 1975-1980: The Making of U.S. Human Rights Policy
• The Berlin Crisis, 1958–1962
• Chile and the United States: U.S. Policy toward Democracy, Dictatorship, and Human Rights, 1970–1990
• China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960–1998
• CIA Covert Operations: From Carter to Obama, 1977-2010
• CIA Family Jewels Indexed [free index]
• Colombia and the United States: Political Violence, Narcotics, and Human Rights, 1948-2010
• The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
• The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: An International Collection of Documents, From the Bay of Pigs to the Brink of Nuclear War
• Death Squads, Guerrilla War, Covert Operations, and Genocide: Guatemala and the United States, 1954-1999
• El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977–1984
• El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980–1994
• Iran: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977–1980
• The Iran-Contra Affair: The Making of a Scandal, 1983–1988
• Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, 1980–1994
• Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, 1960–1976
• Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, 1977–1992
• Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, Part III, 1961-2000
• The Kissinger Telephone Conversations: A Verbatim Record of U.S. Diplomacy, 1969-1977
• The National Security Agency:  Organization and Operations, 1945-2009
• Nicaragua: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1978–1990
• Peru: Human Rights, Drugs and Democracy, 1980-2000
• The Philippines: U.S. Policy During the Marcos Years, 1965–1986
• Presidential Directives on National Security, Part I: From Truman to Clinton
• Presidential Directives on National Security, Part II: From Truman to George W. Bush
• South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962–1989
• The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947–1991
• Terrorism and U.S. Policy, 1968–2002
• The United States and the Two Koreas (1969-2000)
• U.S. Espionage and Intelligence, 1947–1996
• U.S. Intelligence and China: Collection, Analysis and Covert Action
• The U.S. Intelligence Community After 9/11
• The U.S. Intelligence Community: Organization, Operations and Management, 1947–1989
• U.S. Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction: From World War II to Iraq
• U.S. Military Uses of Space, 1945–1991
• U.S. Nuclear History: Nuclear Arms and Politics in the Missile Age, 1955–1968
• U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy, 1945–1991
• U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part I: 1954-1968
• U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part II: 1969-1975

Homeland Security Digital Library (U.S. Naval Postgraduate School)

• General Collection
  • Major legislation and policy documents
  • Presidential directives and executive orders
  • Speeches and press releases
  • CRS reports
  • GAO reports
  • Think Tank reports
  • Homeland security theses from the Naval Postgraduate School
  • Federal agencies' reports
  • Hearings and testimony
  • State and local agency reports
  • Maps
  • Multi-media sources
• Newsletters & News Digests
  • Nightwatch
  • DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
  • Homeland Security Report
  • Insurgency Literature Review
  • Terrorism Literature Report
  • Terrorism Open Source Intelligence Report (TOSIR)
• Featured Topics
  • Agroterrorism
  • Border Security
  • Climate Change
  • Cyber Infrastructure Protection
  • Energy
  • Fusion Centers
  • Gangs
  • Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned
  • Hurricanes
  • Immigration
  • Interoperability
  • Maritime Domain
  • Mass Evacuation
  • Military Role in Homeland Security
  • Pandemic Influenza
  • Presidential Transition - 2008
  • School Violence
  • Sea Piracy
  • Security, Food, and Fuel
  • September 11 (9/11)
  • Space Policy & National Security
  • Suicide Bombers
  • Wildfires

NOTE: The UCF Library's federal depository access to the HSDL does not include access to the Restricted Collection.

MIPT - Lawson Terrorism Information Center (Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism) provides:

• Global Terrorism Database and Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (1970+) 
• eDocuments - thousands of reports, studies, books and journals, organized into 90 categories such as:
  • Patterns of Global Terrorism
  • Terrorism in the United States
  • First Responders
  • Oklahoma City Bombing
  • Building Security
  • Al Qaeda
  • World Trade Center
  • What You Can Do/Neighborhood Terrorism Prevention
  • Lessons Learned
  • Emergency Management

Free registration provides additional access to:

• Terrorism Reference Library - "Provides students with an understanding of the complex issue of global terrorism. Explores the roots and evolution of terrorism, covering the nature of contemporary terrorism and terrorist organizations."
• Encyclopedia of Terrorism - "More than 300 articles provide detailed discussions of the who, what, where, when, and why of terrorism, including definitions of key terms, famous cases, biographies, laws, and law enforcement techniques."
• War & Terrorism Collection - 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals, plus:
  • Americans at War - "explains to students how mobilization for war and how wars themselves have altered the fabric of everyday life"
  • Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - "covers the history of the conflict, going back to the birth of Zionism at the end of the 19th century"
  • Encyclopedia of Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity - "traces the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profiles perpetrators and heroes, and explains international laws and law proceedings aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity"
  • Encyclopedia of U.S. National Security - "Covers the origin, development, and results of all major national security policies over the last seven decades"

• Expert analysts dissect specific terrorist acts or types of acts, explore the goals beyond the violence, illuminate the psychology of terrorism, trace the origins and development of terrorist movements, contrast domestic terrorism with extraterritorial threats, compare state-sponsored and independent terrorist activities, and address the formidable problem of developing feasible counter-terrorist measures and policies.
• 117 reels
• Print guides for each set are available in the Reference Collection
• Online guides to supplements 4-7 for which the microfilm is not available in the UCF Libraries:
  • 4th Supplement, 1996-2001
  • 5th Supplement, 2002-2003
  • 6th Supplement, 2004-2005
  • 7th Supplement, 2006-2008

War & Terrorism Collection - over 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals, including the following full-text, peer-reviewed journals:

 and various reports from the Strategic Studies Institute, including:

START - National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (University of Maryland) -- "a university-based research center committed to the scientific study of the causes and human consequences of terrorism in the United States and around the world."

• Global Terrorism Database
• Terrorist Organization Profiles
• Vision of Humanity -- Global Peace Index, U.S. Peace Index, Global Terrorism Index
• Research Projects
  • Terrorism Group Formation & Recruitment
  • Terrorism Group Persistence & Dynamics
  • Societal Impact of Terrorism
  • Integrative Research