Hoffman, Bruce

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HOFFMAN, Bruce

HOFFMAN, Bruce. American, b. 1954. Genres: International relations/Current affairs, Military/Defense/Arms control, Politics/Government. Career: Rand Corporation Washington, DC, member of the senior research staff in the International Policy Department, 1981-94, director of strategy and doctrine program for the Army Research Division, 1993-94, director, 1998-; St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, chair of the department of international relations, 1994-98, director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, 1994-98, and reader in international relations; served on the advisory board of the International Group for Research and Information on Security, Brussels, Belgium; instructor at the University of Buckingham. Editor in chief of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism; member of the advisory board of Terrorism and Political Violence. Publications: The PLO and Israel in Central America: The Geopolitical Dimension, 1988; The Potential Terrorist Threat to Commercial Nuclear Facilities, 1988; British Air Power in Peripheral Conflict, 1919-1976, 1989; Insider Crime: The Threat to Nuclear Facilities and Programs, 1990; (with K. Gardela) The Rand Chronology of International Terrorism for 1986, 1990; Recent Trends and Future Prospects of Iranian Sponsored International Terrorism, 1990; (with J.M. Taw) Defense Policy and Low-Intensity Conflict: The Development of Britain's "Small Wars" Doctrine during the 1950s, 1991; (with J.M. Taw and D. Arnold) Lessons for Contemporary Counterinsurgencies: The Rhodesian Experience, 1991; (with K. Gardela) The Rand Chronology of International Terrorism for 1987, 1991; (with S. Sayari) Urbanization and Insurgency: The Turkish Case, 1976-1980, 1991; (with K. Gardela) The Rand Chronology of International Terrorism for 1988, 1992; (with J.M. Taw) A Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Insurgency, 1992; (with C. Meyer and J. Duncan) Force-on-Force Attacks: Their Implications for the Defense of U.S. Nuclear Facilities, 1993; (with T. Downes-Le Guin) The Impact of Terrorism on Public Opinion, 1988 to 1989, 1993; Holy Terror: The Implications of Terrorism Motivated by a Religious Imperative, 1993; Responding to Terrorism across the Technological Spectrum, 1994; (with J.M. Taw) The Urbanization of Insurgency: The Potential Challenge to U.S. Army Operations, 1994; (with K.J. Riley) Domestic Terrorism: A National Assessment of State and Local Preparedness, 1995; Inside Terrorism, 1998. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Rand Corporation, 1200 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA 22202-5050, U.S.A. Online address: hoffman@rand.org

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