Title:
Terrorism : a very short introduction / Charles Townshend.
Author:
Townshend, Charles.
Genre:
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Call Number:
HV6431 .T67 2011
Abstract:
This title charts a path through the outpouring of efforts to understand and explain terrorism, by asking what makes terrorism different from other forms of political, military action; what makes it effective; and what can be done about it.
Edition:
[2nd ed.].
ISBN:
9780199603947
Series:
Very short introductions ; 78
Very short introductions ; 78.
Physical Description:
xii, 161 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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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