The Military
- DoD 101 - An Introduction to the
Military
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This site comes from the
Federation of American Scientists, "the
oldest organization dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving
complete nuclear disarmament, and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons. It
provides information about
U.S. weapons systems, military
operations, exercises and
facilities, the Dept. of Defense, the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, and Air
Force,
command echelons, military awards and insignia and more.
- Department
of Defense Dictionary of Military Terms
- From this page you can browse the DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, the Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations master database or NATO Terms only.
- The World's
Armed Forces
- Links to websites for the armies, navies and air forces of forty of the
world's countries. (From a defense publisher in the United Kingdom.)
- Index to
Military Periodicals
- From Air University in Australia, this Index lists articles in English
language military journals and newsletters. The full text of articles is
included for ten of the publications in the index; the rest offer citations
only.
Terrorism
- Terrorism: Questions &
Answers
- From the Council on Foreign Affairs, this site discusses terrorism and
related topics in a question and answer format ("Is terrorism a
new phenomenon?," "Why is the Bush administration worried about terrorism in
Somalia?," "What does it mean to 'weaponize' anthrax?") Categories of
questions include: Afghanistan, What Is Terrorism, Terrorist Groups, State
Sponsors of Terrorism, Havens for Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction,
Homeland Security, Causes of September 11, Responses to September 11 and so
forth.
- CQ Press: Recent Terrorism
Events (2001)
- This website provides material from a variety of CQ Press sources,
including encyclopedia articles on topics such as "Jihad" and "Theocracy,"
three issues of the CQ Researcher offering in-depth studies on
"Combating Terrorism," "Islamic Fundamentalism," and the "Middle East
Conflict," and more. Topics include media coverage of the attacks, religion
and religious concepts, regional politics and society in the Middle East,
terrorism and counterterrorism, and U.S. intelligence.
- Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology
- What kinds of terrorism preceded and followed the 9/11 attacks? This list, presented by the U.S. State Department, outlines numerous significant terrorist events around the world, from 1961-2003. The list "based entirely on public sources, was prepared for background information and reference purposes. It is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive account of all terrorist incidents during these years, and it is not an official expression of U.S. policy."
- Terrorism Research Center
- The Terrorism Research Center is "an independent institute dedicated to
the research of terrorism, information warfare, critical infrastructure
protection and other issues of low-intensity political violence..." Its
information specialists are drawn from industry, government, and academia in
the United States and several other countries. The TRC
website provides analysis and commentary, documents, profiles of terrorist
organizations and counterterrorism groups, and an extensive list of
links to websites on related topics.
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Portals
to the World: Terrorism
- Web resources selected by subject specialists at the Library of
Congress. Includes general terrorism information as well as links related to
terrorism in specific countries, and information on Osama Bin Laden, Mulla
Omar and Al Quaeda.
- Terrorism: Background
and Threat Assessments
- From the Federation of American Scientists, this large collection of
links offers information on
September 11 and its aftermath, Middle East terror, chemical and biological
weapons, patterns of global terrorism, terrorist organizations, and more.
- Patterns of Global
Terrorism
- This report, issued annually by the U.S. Dept. of State's Office of the
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, gives a worldwide overview as well as
country-by country accounts of
terrorist
attacks throughout the world during the previous year. It also offers
profiles
and background information on terrorist groups,
statistical reviews and a list of extraditions of terrorists to the
United Sates.
- Response to
Terrorism
- This site, from the U.S.
Department of State, offers articles and comments concerning the U.S.
government's response to terrorist attacks, key documents such as U.N.
resolutions, U.S. policy texts and government reports, and information on
specific organizations designated as "Foreign Terrorist Organizations" by
the U.S. Dept. of State along with information on what the designation
means.
- Frontline:
Hunting Bin Laden (PBS)
- This website, designed to accompany the Public Broadcasting System's
Frontline program on Osama bin Laden, offers information on his life, his
fatwahs and his terrorist organization, as well as information on recent
attacks such as the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, the USS Cole attack and the
recent attacks on the World Trade Center and the U.S. Pentagon. A video
interview with Bin Laden is provided as well as video profiles of two
terrorists in his network. (NOTE: Video clips require that your computer
have a considerable amount of memory.)
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Dirty Bomb (PBS)
- Website, designed to accompany the Public Broadcasting System's
Nova program. Presents the text
of an interview with terrorism expert Graham Allison on both radiological
and nuclear terrorism, questions and answers e-mailed to Charles Ferguson of
the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, a chronology and description of
worldwide radiation disasters and disappearances of radioactive materials.
A brief list of books and websites related to radioactive terrorism is also
included.
- FEMA: Are You Ready? A Guide
to Citizen Preparedness
- From the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a guide on preparing for
various types of disasters, from floods, earthquakes and fires to hazardous
materials incidents, nuclear power plant accidents and national security
emergencies such as terrorism, chemical and biological weapons and nucelar
attack.
War
- Statistical
Summary; America's Major Wars
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more coming soon....
Peace & Disarmament
- Arms Control Agreements
- From the Federation of American
Scientists, this collection briefly describes the provisions,
status, and methods of verification for major bilateral and multilateral
arms control agreements as well as giving a chronology, the complete texts
and news for each. Links are also provided to related resources and web
sites.
- Peace & Justice
Center of Sonoma County
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- United States Institute of Peace
- The United States Institute of Peace is "an independent, nonpartisan
federal institution created and funded by Congress to strengthen the
nation's capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international
conflict." Resources available on its website include a
Peace Agreements Digital
Collection which contains the full text of agreements signed by the
major contending parties ending inter- and intra-state conflicts worldwide
since 1989; links to more than 100
foreign affairs
ministries; a country by country set of links to
regional resources such
as Taliban and
Afghanistan Web Links; a set of topical links including such topics as
Terrorism /
Counter-Terrorism,
Minority Rights
and Refugee Returns, and
"Peacekeeping."
more coming soon....
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