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The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction

By Walter Laqueur

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1999
ISBN
0-19-511816-2, 9780195118162
Open Library ID
OL7388370M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2551208 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
320\327
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

In The New Terrorism Walter Laqueur, one of the foremost experts on terrorism and international strategic affairs, recounts the history of terrorism and, more importantly, examines the future of terrorist activity worldwide. Laqueur argues that as a new quasi-religious extreme right rises, with more personal and less ideological motivations than their left-wing counterparts, it is only a matter of time before the attainability of weapons of mass destruction creates a terrifying and unstable scenario. From militant separatism in Kashmir to state-sponsored extremism in Libya and ecoterrorism in the West, The New Terrorism offers a thorough account of terrorism in all its past and current manifestations. Most importantly, it casts a sober eye to the future, when the inevitable marriage of technology and fanaticism will give us all something new to think about.

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