Playing politics with terrorism : a user's guide / George Kassimeris, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kassimeris, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Political aspects.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--History.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 334 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]

Contents:

Introduction / George Kassimeris

Terrorism: 'the great game' / Martin A. Miller

The Aldo Moro murder case as politics / Richard Drake

Playing politics with terror: the case of Fujimori's Peru / Jo-Marie Burt

The use and abuse of terror: the construction of a false narrative on the domestic terror threat / Peter Oborne

Britain and the IRA: legacies of restraint / Jonathan Stevenson

A nested game: playing politics with terrorism in the United States / Leonard Weinberg and William Eubank

The politics of fear: writing the terrorist threat in the War on Terror / Richard Jackson

Politics vs terrorism: the Madrid case / Javier Jordán and Nicola Horsburgh

A conjurer's game: Vladimir Putin and the politics of presidential prestidigitation / Robert Saunders

A return to the Middle Ages? Australia's counterterrorism law and policy in a post-9/11 world / Christopher Michaelsen

Talking terror: hype, facts and the media / Mark Huband

The terrorism industry: the profits of doom / John Mueller

Epilogue: the dangers of playing politics with terrorism / Paul Wilkinson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231700016

0231700016

9780231700009

0231700008

OCLC:

137331481