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Terrorism : the present threat in context / Stephen Sloan ; with a foreword by John C. Bersia and an appendix by J. B. Hill and Joshua A. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sloan, Stephen, 1936- author.
- Bersia, John C., author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (156 p.)
- Edition:
- English ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Berg, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Helps us understand the causes, dynamics and outcomes of terrorism. Providing a history of terrorism since the French Revolution, this work considers the relationship between terrorism and warfare, crime, technology globalization and the state. It also considers what motivates terrorists and what they hope to accomplish.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chronology of Modern International Terrorism; 1 The Meaning of Terrorism; 2 Terrorism; 3 The Rationale of Terror; 4 The Strategies and Tactics of Terrorism; 5 The Attack and its Enduring Legacy; 6 The Policy Dimensions; 7 Future Terrorism; Appendix; Notes; Further Reading; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612545634
- 9781282545632
- 1282545639
- 9781847883186
- 1847883184
- OCLC:
- 244786696
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