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Inside terrorism / Bruce Hoffman.
LIBRA HV6431 .H626 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoffman, Bruce, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 432 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Revised and expanded edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- Filled with up-to-date information on the changing face of terrorism, this book presents a sharp and chilling portrait of a phenomenon that poses new and ever deadlier threats to peace and stability around the globe.
- Contents:
- Defining terrorism
- The end of empire and the origins of contemporary terrorism
- The internationalization of terrorism
- Religion and terrorism
- Suicide terrorism
- The old media, terrorism, and public opinion
- The new media, terrorism, and the shaping of global opinion
- The modern terrorist mind-set: tactics, targets, tradecraft, and technologies
- Terrorism today and tomorrow.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-413) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231126980
- 0231126999
- 0231510462
- OCLC:
- 62381295
- Publisher Number:
- 9780231126991
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