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Title: Yonah Alexander papers
Date (inclusive): 1958-2019
Collection Number: 2010C24
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English, with few items in Arabic, Hebrew, and Turkish
Physical Description:
232 manuscript boxes, 14 card file boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 AV tray
(105.75 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, reports, studies, conference papers, serial issues, journal articles, bulletins, newsletters, office files, manuscript
drafts, and videotapes relating to domestic and international terrorism, and to the counter-terrorist institutes at the Potomac
Institution for Policy Studies, including the Inter-University Center for Policy Studies and the International Center for
Terrorism Studies.
Creator:
Alexander, Yonah
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2010. Increment was added in 2011 and 2013. Finding aid updated through
March 2014.
[Identification of item], Yonah Alexander papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Born on 25 December 1931 in Grodno, Poland, but later emigrated to Mandatory Palestine. Legally changed his name from Alexandrowitz
in 1952, and married Miriam Safrut on December 11, 1956.
Received his Bachelor's in Political Science from Roosevelt University in 1954, his Master's in International Relations from
The University of Chicago in 1955 and his PhD in Public Law and Government from Colombia University in 1965. Professor of
International Studies at the State University of New York from 1965-1990, where he became Director of the Institute for Studies
in International Terrorism from 1976-1992. In 1988 he also became director of Terroristm Studies Program as well as the Group
Rights Program at George Washington University.
Alexander was also made the Co-Director of the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies and Director of the Inter-University
Center for Terrorism Studies. He has served as a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and Director of
its International Center for Terrorism Studies. Additionally, Alexander has authored and edited numerous books, journals,
and articles on terrorism, lectured at numerous educational institutions and universities, both domestically and internationally,
while also receiving numerous grants and research appointments. Alexander has also founded two academic journals: in 1993
he founded the
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, and in 1998 he founded
Terrorism: An Electric Journal and Knowledge Base.
Some of his notable works include
Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida : Profile of a Terrorist Network (2001),
Cyber Terrorism and Information Warfare : Threats and Responses (2001),
U.S. Federal Legal Responses to Terrorism (2002),
Evolution of U.S. Counterterrorism Policy (2008),
New Iranian Leadership : Ahmadinejad, Terrorism, Nuclear Ambition, and the Middle East (2008), and
Al-Qaida : Ten Years After 9/11 and Beyond (2012). He has also compiled and edited several volumes of the multi-volume series
Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control.
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, reports, studies, conference papers, serial issues, books, journal articles, bulletins, newsletters, office files,
manuscript drafts, and videotapes relating to domestic and international terrorism, to the International Center for Terrorism
Studies and the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.
The bulk of the collection consists of drafts, manuscripts, and final publications of works either authored or edited by Yonah
Alexander (included in the Writings series), or published by the Potomac Institute (included in the Potomac Institute series).
Of note in the Potomac Institute series are the drafts of the Daily Terrorism Weather Reports covering the years 2002-2010
as well as the printed materials series, consisting of rare newsletters and publications regarding terrorism.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Terrorism
Terrorism -- Prevention