"Defeating Terrorism: Shaping the New Security Environment: Readings and Interpretations" presents original contributions by leading scholars and professionals in the terrorism field, written especially for this book. No other book currently on the market presents this cutting-edge thinking on ways to fight and win the war against terrorism. Chapters include: comprehensive strategies to combat terrorism; combating regional terrorist movements; countering weapons of mass destructions (WMD) threats; countering more recently developed terrorism tactics and weapons; military, intelligence, special operations, business and government responses to terrorism; and countering or removing the causes of terrorism.