Behind the News: Hostage Takers

Author: Philip Steele
Publisher: Wayland (Publishers) Ltd
Category: General Study Books, Family Issues, Social Issues
Age Group: 12-17
Book Format: Paperback

Go behind the headlines to explore the wider background of news stories that are making a major impact across the world. In Hostage-takers, we ask who are today's hostage-takers and what do they want? What drives them to extreme action? We look at how captivity and stress affect the victims and ask whether we should negotiate with hostage-takers. How can lives be saved and how can hostage-taking be prevented in the first place?

Table Of Contents
1: Held at gunpoint

2: The longer view

3: Who and why

4: Inside story: Colombia 2002-08

5: The big questions

6: Captivity

7: Inside story: Kenya and Somalia 2011-12

8: The big questions

9: Negotiation

10: Inside story: Midland City Alabama USA 2013

11: The big questions

12: Risk and rescue

13: Inside story: Moscow Russia 2002

14: The big questions

15: Terror in the news

16: Inside story: Tigantourine Algeria 2013

17: The big questions

18: Global justice?

19: Inside story: Aracaju Brazil 2012

20: The big questions
About Philip Steele
The author, Philip Steele, is an experienced writer of non-fiction for young people, on topics ranging from history to current affairs.

SKU BK-9780750282543
Barcode # 9780750282543
Brand Wayland (Publishers) Ltd
Artist / Author Philip Steele
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Shipping Width 0.180m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.250m
Assembled Length 25.100m
Assembled Height 1.000m
Assembled Width 17.800m
Type Paperback

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