Project Cancelled

Due to low submissions, this project has been cancelled.

We would like to thank those who submitted entries, and apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

It would be unfair to continue to delay this project further.

Entries Still Needed

There are still many entries open for the Encyclopedia.

Please email us at terrorismencyclopedia@diversionpress.com for an update headword list.

Encyclopedia Update

Work continues on the encyclopedia and new authors and entries are still needed.

Further updates will be added soon.

Please email terrorismencyclopedia@yahoo.com for a headword list.

Update on the status of the encyclopedia

We are still working at what is turning into a massive and great project. We hope to have some more concrete information on publication date and revisions in the not too distant future. Stay in touch with this blog for updates.

We have had massive interest, now we have to read the entries and edit them, then send them to the editors at Diversion Press to approve the project. It will take time.

Even with the great interest, we still have almost half of the headword list to be filled (8 pages of the 20 page list). So if you want to write for this project just send an email with headword list in the subject line.

We may also need additional editorial support and peer review and fact checking.

If you are sending entries or revising them, please keep this in mind. Your entry should reflect the most recent information---obviously this might change more for an event from 2001-2010 than say for an event from 1960-1969.

Be sure to follow the guidelines and include the appropriate type and number of sources, the proper in-text citation, and the see also words as listed on the guidelines that were sent or will be sent if you are a new contributor.

We look forward to working with you and to what we know will be a wonderful and important volume.

Thank you for all of your help!

Entry length information

Diversion Press invites submissions for inclusion in our upcoming Encyclopedia of Global Terrorism and the War on Terror. We seek contributions from academics from all backgrounds for this interdisciplinary work. Authors are invited to submit up to 6 entries. Each entry should be between 500 and 1000 words. Certain entries (those on entire nations) will run from 1000 to 3000 words. The format is explained in more detail in our guidelines.

Once entries are assigned to authors, they should be submitted to us in 6 weeks. For an updated word list and guidelines please e-mail terrorismencyclopedia@diversionpress.com with "word list" in the subject line. The anticipated publication date is Winter 2009/2010. Please pass this information along to any colleagues or graduate students who may be interested.

Available Entries

Here is a brief list of the available entries for A and B as of July 10, 2009. Please note that we do not list the entries already assigned and or completed. This will give potential contributors and idea of what the encyclopedia will look like.

A
Abbas, Muhammad “Abu”
Abdul Haq
Abdul Rahman, Sheikh Omar
Abdullah, Ahmed
Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani
Abizaid, John
Abrin
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Aden-Abyan Islamic Army
Afghan Northern Alliance
Aflatoxin
Ahmad, Sultan Hashim Ahmad al Jabburi Tai
Air India Flight 182 bombing
Airline Security
Air Marshals
Air Power, desert war
Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act of 2001
Akshardham Temple attack
Allawi, Ayad
Al Barakaat
Alfaro Vive Carajo Organization
Aliens, Civilian-Enemy
Aliens, Illegal
Al-Adel, Saif
Al ΄Asifa
Al-Banna, Sabri
Al-Dari, Harith
Al-Dawr, Battle of
Al-Hashemi, Tariq
Al-Jaafari, Ibrahim
Al Jihad
Al-Liby, Anas
Al-Maliki, Nuri
Al-Mughassil, Ahmad Ibrahim
Al Muhajiroun
Al-Nasser, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed
Al-΄Owhali, Mohamed Rashed
Al-Qaim, Battle of
Al Taqwa
Al-Yacoub, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed
Al-Zawahiri, Ayman
Alianza Apostolica Anti-Communista
Ali, Ahmed Mohamed Hamed
Amal
American Airlines Flight 77
American Society for Microbiology
Ananda Marg
Anthrax Attacks, September-November 2001
Antidote
Anti-Communist Secret Army
Anti-Imperialist International Brigade
Anti-Terrorism Bill
Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
Anti-War Activism
Arab American Institute
Arab Liberation Front
Arena
Armed Islamic Front
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
Army of God
Arocena, Eduardo
Arson
Asahara, Shoko
Aspergillus
Asylum, Political
Atef, Muhammad
Atwa, Ali
Atwah, Muhsin Musa Matwalli
Aviation and Transportation Security Act (THOMAS) Nov 16, 2001
Ayyash, Yahya

B
Ba’th Party Loyalists
Ba’athist Iraq
Bacillus subtilis
Badr Organization
Baghdad
Baghdad, Battle of
Bali bombing, 2005
Bandera Roja
Barzani, Massoud
Basra, Battle of
Beirut Airport Bombing
Black Order
Blair, Tony
Boer Attack Force
Borders
Border Patrol
Botulinum Toxin (Clostridium botulinum)
Brazil
Brims, Robin
British Broadcasting Company
Brooklyn Bombing Plot
Brown, Gordon
Brucellosis
Bull Run, Operation
Burkholderia Burridge, Brian

An overview of the encyclopedia

The focus of the Encyclopedia is to provide detailed entries describing both domestic and international terrorist events throughout the 20th and the 21st centuries. The culmination point of the work is to discuss the War on Terror, in all of its aspects, and the nations that are involved in this effort. The work is an interdisciplinary work as well, with entries concerning history, political science, biology, chemistry, and agriculture, and contributors range from professors, officers in the Armed Forces of the U.S. and elsewhere, and political officials in the U.S. State and Defense Department, and foreign officials. We already have several hundred entries being written by scholars within and outside of the U.S. Ph.D. students, advanced graduate students, or civilian or military experts can also contribute.

The full list of available entries and guidelines can be sent to you upon request to this email terrorismencyclopedia@diversionpress.com