- Bib ID:
- 3802867
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Whittaker, David J., 1925-
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Description:
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- Harlow, England ; New York : Longman/Pearson, 2007
- vii, 236 p. : map ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
-
- Summary:
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"In this new edition of Terrorism: Understanding the Global Threat, David J. Whittaker explores terrorist scenarios across the globe, from Northern Ireland to the United States. He considers terrorism's causes and characteristics, taking on topics as diverse as religious fanaticism, global diffusion, terrorist financing and the possibility of biological attack. He also investigates the successes, failures and possible futures of counter-terrorism." "By untangling difficulties of definition and dispelling simplistic notions of what terrorism means, he shows that both word and action have changed over time, and that its meaning is different for every user, whether onlooker, victim, government authority or the terrorists themselves."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The meaning of terrorism
- 2. New York and Washington, Madrid, London
- 3. Terrorism around the world
- 4. Motives for terrorism
- 5. Terrorism and religion
- 6. Fanatics and martyrs
- 7. Terrorist methods
- 8. Future types of terrorism
- 9. Counter-terrorism : the piecemeal approach
- 10. Terrorism : international efforts to defeat it.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
- Terrorism
- Copyright:
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