Does counter-terrorism work? / Richard English.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

English, Richard, 1963- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) : illustrations, 3 maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, [2024]

Summary:

State responses to terrorism have shaped politics and society globally. But how far, and in what precise ways, has counter-terrorism actually succeeded? This book offers an historically-grounded, systematic, and expert interrogation of the effectiveness of state responses to terrorist violence from one of the world's leading experts on terrorism.

Contents:

Part I. The post-9/11 War on Terror. Afghanistan

Iraq and ISIS

Winning the War on Terror?

Part II. Northern Ireland. War and peace 1969-2005

The dynamics behind peace

Part III. Israeli counter-terrorism. From the Six-Day War to the Gaza tragedy

Tactical successes, strategic failures?

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: English, Richard, 1963- Does counter-terrorism work?

ISBN:

9780192655141

0192655140

OCLC:

1407069427