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Title:
Terrorism : a very short introduction / Charles Townshend.
Author:
Townshend, Charles, author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

©2018
Call Number:
HV6431 .T69 2018
Abstract:
"Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a 'war against terrorism?' In this fully updated edition, Charles Townshend unravels the questions at the heart of the problem of terrorism (ts causes, methods, effects, and limitations) suggesting that it must be understood as a political strategy whose threat can be rationally grasped and answered"--Publisher's description.
Edition:
Third edition.

Fully updated new edition.
ISBN:
9780198809098
Series:
Very short introductions ; 78

Very short introductions ; 78.
Physical Description:
165 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
General Note:
"First edition published 2002, Second edition published 2011"--Title page verso.
Subject Term:
Contents:
The trouble with terrorism -- Crusaders and conspirators -- The reign of terror -- Revolutionary terrorism -- Nationalism and terror -- Religious terror -- Countering terrorism.
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