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Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

By Charles Townshend

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
0192801686, 9780192801685, 9780585486116
LCC
HV6431 .T67 2002
Open Library ID
OL3671167M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1740128 bytes)
Pages
168\169
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book charts a path through the outpouring of efforts to understand and explain modern terrorism, by asking what makes terrorism different from other forms of political, military action; what makes it effective; and what can be done about it. It unravels complex central questions such as whether terrorists are criminals, whether terrorism is a kind of war, what kind of threat terrorism represents, how far media publicity sustains terrorism, and whether democracy is especially vulnerable to terrorist attack. It examines the historical ideological and local roots of terrorist violence, and the success of specific terrorist and anti-terrorist campaigns in the more distant as well as the recent past.

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