Richard McHugh
Contributor
Website : SAGE Publications
Independent scholar and author. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Terrorism (2011) formed the basis for his contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (4)
Abdullah Öcalan is the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant Kurdish nationalist organization, who became widely known as the strongest advocate for Kurdish sovereignty. As the PKK’s leader, Öcalan was also labeled a hero by some Kurds, a terrorist by most international…
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Publications (1)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition (June 2011)
Six years after publication of the first edition of the best-selling Encyclopedia of Terrorism, much has changed on the national security scene. Despite the dark promises of Osama bin Laden following the 9/11 attacks, the United States has not experienced any major domestic terror incidents. Al-Qaeda itself is believed to be a severely crippled organization. But while U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq--not to mention the arrival of the Obama administration, a new balance of power within...
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