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Terrorism the present threat in context

Summary: Providing a concise history of terrorism since the French Revolution, the author considers the relationship between terrorism and warfare, crime, technology, globalization and the state. He investigates the meaning of the word "terrorism" and shows how the definition and practice have both evolved over time. Throughout, he considers what motivates terrorists and what they hope to accomplish.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781847883186 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 1847883184 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9781845203443 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1845203445 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1845203437 (cloth)
  • ISBN: 9781845203436 (cloth)
  • ISBN: 1845203437
  • ISBN: 9781845203436
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    remote
    1 online resource (xv, 140 p.)
  • Edition: English ed.
  • Publisher: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Berg, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Chronology of modern international terrorism -- The meaning of terrorism : cutting through the semantic jungle -- Terrorism : a historical perspective -- The rationale of terror -- The strategies and tactics of terrorism -- The attack and its enduring legacy : the psychological impact of terrorism -- The policy dimensions : on the community, national and international levels -- Future terrorism.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism
Genre: Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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