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One of the central pillars of US counterterrorism policy is that capturing or killing a terrorist group's leader is effective. Yet this pillar rests more on a foundation of faith than facts. In Leadership Decapitation, Jenna Jordan examines over a thousand instances of leadership targeting—involving groups such as Hamas, al Qaeda, Shining Path, and ISIS—to identify the successes, failures, and unintended consequences of this strategy. As Jordan demonstrates, group infrastructure, ideology, and popular support all play a role in determining how and why leadership decapitation succeeds or fails. Taking heed of these conditions is essential to an effective counterterrorism policy going forward.

Terrorism --- Prevention. --- counterterrorism policy. --- counterterrorism. --- decapitation. --- leaders. --- leadership targeting. --- organizations. --- targeted killing. --- terrorism. --- terrorist organizations.

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Residents of the Appalachian coalfields share a history and heritage, deep connections to the land, and pride in their own resilience. These same residents are also profoundly divided over the practice of mountaintop mining-that is, the removal and disposal in nearby valleys of soil and rock in order to reach underlying coal seams. Companies and some miners claim that the practice has reduced energy prices, earned income for shareholders, and provided needed jobs. Opponents of mountaintop mining argue that it poisons Appalachia's waters and devastates entire communities for the sake of short-

Mountaintop removal mining --- Environmental policy --- Environmentalism --- Decapitation mining --- Mountaintop decapitation (Mining) --- Mountaintop mining --- MTR mining --- Strip mining --- Environmental movement --- Social movements --- Anti-environmentalism --- Sustainable living --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Environmental aspects --- Government policy --- Social aspects --- Coal mines and mining --- Coal mining --- Collieries --- Energy industries --- Mines and mineral resources --- Appalachian Region --- Appalachia --- Appalachian Mountains Region --- Environmental conditions. --- E-books --- Greenwashing

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Critically examining the fierce conflicts over an intense and increasingly prevalent form of strip mining, 'Combating Mountaintop Removal' documents the changing relationships among the coal industry, communities, environment, and economy from the perspective of local grassroots activist organizations and their broader networks.

Environmentalists --- Community activists --- Landscape protection --- Coal mines and mining --- Mountaintop removal mining --- Scientists --- Political activists --- Beautification of the landscape --- Conservation of landscapes --- Conservation of scenic beauty --- Conservation of scenic resources --- Landscape --- Natural beauty conservation --- Preservation of natural scenery --- Preservation of scenic resources --- Protection of landscapes --- Protection of scenic beauty --- Protection of scenic resources --- Scenery preservation --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation --- Environmentally sensitive areas --- Landscape assessment --- Regional planning --- Coal mining --- Collieries --- Energy industries --- Mines and mineral resources --- Decapitation mining --- Mountaintop decapitation (Mining) --- Mountaintop mining --- MTR mining --- Strip mining --- Citizen participation. --- Environmental aspects --- Conservation --- Protection

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Severed heads emblemise the vexed relationship between the aesthetic and the atrocious. During the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland, colonisers such as Edmund Spenser, Sir John Harington and Sir George Carew wrote or translated epic romances replete with beheadings even as they countenanced - or conducted - similar deeds on the battlefield. This study juxtaposes the archival record of actual violence with literary depictions of decapitation to explore how violence gets transcribed into art. Patricia Palmer brings the colonial world of Renaissance England face to face with Irish literary culture. She surveys a broad linguistic and geographical range of texts, from translations of Virgil's Aeneid to the Renaissance epics of Ariosto and Ercilla and makes Irish-language responses to conquest and colonisation available in readable translations. In doing so, she offers literary and political historians access not only to colonial brutality but also to its ethical reservations, while providing access to the all-too-rarely heard voices of the dispossessed.

Theory of literary translation --- English literature --- Thematology --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Ireland --- Beheading in literature. --- Violence in literature. --- Romances, English --- Romances --- Beheading --- Political violence --- British --- Violence --- Political crimes and offenses --- Terrorism --- Decapitation --- Executions and executioners --- History and criticism. --- History. --- History --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature

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In the last fifty years, the Appalachian Mountains have suffered permanent and profound change due to the expansion of surface coal mining. The irrevocable devastation caused by this practice has forced local citizens to redefine their identities, their connections to global economic forces, their pasts, and their futures. Religion is a key factor in the fierce debate over mountaintop removal; some argue that it violates a divine mandate to protect the earth, while others contend that coal mining is a God-given gift to ensure human prosperity and comfort. In Religion and Resistance in Appalachia: Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Joseph D. Witt examines how religious and environmental ethics foster resistance to mountaintop removal coal mining. Drawing on extensive interviews with activists, teachers, preachers, and community leaders, Witt's research offers a fresh analysis of an important and dynamic topic. His study reflects a diversity of denominational perspectives, exploring Catholic and mainline Protestant views of social and environmental justice, evangelical Christian readings of biblical ethics, and Native and nontraditional spiritual traditions. By placing Appalachian resistance to mountaintop removal in a comparative international context, Witt's work also provides new outlooks on the future of the region and its inhabitants. His timely study enhances, challenges, and advances conversations not only about the region, but also about the relationship between religion and environmental activism.

Appalachians (People) --- Environmentalism --- Community activists --- Landscape protection --- Coal mines and mining --- Mountaintop removal mining --- Decapitation mining --- Mountaintop decapitation (Mining) --- Mountaintop mining --- MTR mining --- Strip mining --- Coal mining --- Collieries --- Energy industries --- Mines and mineral resources --- Beautification of the landscape --- Conservation of landscapes --- Conservation of scenic beauty --- Conservation of scenic resources --- Landscape --- Natural beauty conservation --- Preservation of natural scenery --- Preservation of scenic resources --- Protection of landscapes --- Protection of scenic beauty --- Protection of scenic resources --- Scenery preservation --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation --- Environmentally sensitive areas --- Landscape assessment --- Regional planning --- Political activists --- Environmental movement --- Social movements --- Anti-environmentalism --- Sustainable living --- Appalachian people --- Mountain whites (Southern States) --- Ethnology --- Mountain people --- Religion. --- Religious aspects --- Citizen participation. --- Social aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Conservation --- Protection --- Greenwashing --- Appalachian Region --- Appalachia --- Appalachian Mountains Region