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Terrorism: Understanding the Global Threat

by David Whittaker
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781138165229
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 248
  • Original Price: GBP 145.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 346 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Terrorism and General

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Praise for the first edition:

"'a clear and accessible survey of terrorists' motives and methods, strengthened by tables, and helpful chronologies from 1968 to the present' "" ""The Economist"""

"'There is a need for a clear, concise introduction to terrorism... David Whittaker has provided us with just that.' "Peter Hylarides, Contemporary Review""

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Today, terrorism is everyone's concern. Although it is not a new phenomenon - there have been more than 8,000 attacks over the past thirty years - the scale and seemingly indiscriminate nature of terrorist incidents have escalated in recent years. 9/11 and 7/7 are dates now engraved in the minds of millions, dates that have become a short-hand pointing to the consequences of political instability of the modern world.

In this new edition of "Terrorism: Understanding the Global Threat," David J. Whittaker explores terrorist scenarios across the globe, from Northern Ireland to the United States. He considers terrorism's causes and characteristics, taking on topics as diverse as religious fanaticism, global diffusion, terrorist financing and the possibility of biological attack. He also investigates the successes, failures and possible futures of counter-terrorism.

By untangling difficulties of definition and dispelling simplistic notions of what terrorism means, he shows that both word and action have changed over time, and that its meaning is different for every user, whether onlooker, victim, goverment authority or the terrorists themselves.

David J. Whittaker is a retired university lecturer and prolific author. His recent titles include "Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Contemporary World "(2005), "The Terrorism Reader "(2002), and "Conflict and Reconciliation in the Contemporary World "(1999).

David J. Whittaker is a retired university lecturer and prolific author. His recent titles include Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Contemporary World (2005), The Terrorism Reader (2002), and Conflict and Reconciliation in the Contemporary World (1999).

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