Fresh perspectives on the 'War on Terror' / Miriam Gani, Penelope Mathew, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gani, Miriam, editor.

Mathew, Penelope, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

National security--Law and legislation.

National security.

Islam and world politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australia : ANU E Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

On 20 September 2001, in an address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American people, President George W Bush declared a 'war on terror'. The concept of the 'war on terror' has proven to be both an attractive and a potent rhetorical device. It has been adopted and elaborated upon by political leaders around the world, particularly in the context of military action in Afghanistan and Iraq. But use of the rhetoric has not been confined to the military context. The 'war on terror' is a domestic one, also, and the phrase has been used to account for broad criminal legislation, sweeping agency powers and potential human rights abuses throughout much of the world. This collection seeks both to draw on and to engage critically with the metaphor of war in the context of terrorism. It brings together a group of experts from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany who write about terrorism from a variety of disciplinary perspectives including international law and international relations, public and constitutional law, criminal law and criminology, legal theory, and psychology and law.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781921313745

1921313749

OCLC:

861793222

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459241