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Contending with terrorism : roots, strategies, and responses / edited by Michael E. Brown [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International security readers.
- International Security Readers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (462 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Experts explore the sources of contemporary terrorism, what terrorists want, and how the United States and other countries should respond.
- Contents:
- Contents; The Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I: Roots of Contemporary Terrorism; Market Civilization and Its Clash with Terror; Behind the Curve; Motives for Martyrdom; Part II: Terrorist Strategies: Why Are They Chosen? Do They Work?; The Strategies of Terrorism; Why Terrorism Does Not Work; Correspondence; What Terrorists Really Want; Correspondence; Part III: Countering Terrorism; Deterring Terrorism; Friends Like These; NATO's International Security Role in the Terrorist Era; Assessing the Dangers of Illicit Networks; Part IV: The Future of Terrorism; How al-Qaida Ends
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780262289269
- 0262289261
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