Country and Group Information Counterterrorism Disaster Assistance Intelligence Legislation Military Other Information Maps Government Information on World Terrorism

This page makes available official documents of the United States and International governments concerning terrorism.  Paul V. Galvin Library is a government documents depository library.  To learn more about the roles and responsibilities of a government documents library, see our About Us page.  

To learn more about how we select government documents for inclusion in our print and digital collections, please see our PowerPoint presentation on How a Documents Depository Works. This presentation also contains specific information pertaining  to the selection of government resources on world terrorism.

Country and Group Information

Government Maps of Countries in the News

Afghanistan Country Study

Responsibility for the Terrorist Atrocities in the United States, 11 September 2001 (UK)
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/news.asp?NewsId=2686&SectionId=30

CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Afghanistan

Jihadi Groups, Nuclear Pakistan, and the New Great Game (Army War College) PDF
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usassi/ssipubs/pubs2001/jihadi/jihadi.pdf
This document covers radical terrorist groups operating in many countries throughout the Middle East and parts of Asia. It continues by exploring how U.S. foreign policy affects the region.

Terrorist Group Profiles
http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/tgpndx.htm

Counterterrorism

U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/

The Terrorism Threat and U.S. Government Response: Operational and Organizational Factors
http://www.usafa.af.mil/inss/terrorism.htm

Countering the Changing Threat of Terrorism (U.S. National Commission on Terrorism)
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/nct/

Combating Terrorism: Selected Challenges and Related Recommendations. GAO-01-822, September 20.

Disaster Assistance

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Organization)

Responding to Terrorism Victims: Oklahoma City and Beyond
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/respterrorism/welcome.html

Homeland Security

Office of Homeland Security
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/

The Hart-Rudman Commission and the homeland defense (Army War College) PDF
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usassi/ssipubs/pubs2001/hartrud/hartrud.pdf

Intelligence

CIA

FBI

NSA

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

INTERPOL

IC21: The Intelligence Community in the 21st Century (Through 1996)

Strategic Intelligence
http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html
Listing of U.S. and International intelligence agencies.

Center for the Studies of Intelligence
http://www.cia.gov/csi/

Legislation

Senate Joint Resolution 22

FindLaw Special Coverage of America Attacked

Executive Order 13099: Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

Executive Order 12333--United States intelligence activities

Military

Department of Defense Almanac
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/

National Defense University Press (full-text books online)
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/books/books.html

Pentagon
Fact Sheet
History of the Pentagon
"Welcome To The Pentagon"

Other Information

Government Information is Disappearing from the Web

National Airport Status Summary

Terrorism Database from Centre for Defense and International Security Studies (UK) 

National Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism
Also Known as Gilmore Commission

This page maintained by Aric Ahrens and last updated on 10/25/2006 .