{"product_id":"does-terrorism-work-a-history-9780199607853","title":"Does Terrorism Work?: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard English\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Terrorism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerrorism is one of the most significant security threats that we face in the twenty-first century. Not surprisingly, there is now a plethora of books on the subject, offering definitions of what terrorism is and proffering advice on what causes it and how states should react to it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut one of the most important questions about terrorism has, until now, been left remarkably under-scrutinized: does it work? Richard English now brings thirty years of professional expertise studying terrorism to the task of answering this complex--and controversial--question. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocussing principally on four of the most significant terrorist organizations of the last fifty years (al-Qaida, the Provisional IRA, Hamas, and ETA), and using a wealth of interview material with former terrorists as well as those involved in counter-terrorism, he argues that we need a far more honest understanding of the degree to which terrorism actually \u003cem\u003eworks\u003c\/em\u003e--as well as a more nuanced insight into the precise ways in which it does so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly then can we begin to grapple more effectively with what has become one of the most challenging and eye-catching issues of our time.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46357752938647,"sku":"9780199607853","price":2016.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199607853.webp?v=1769306029","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/does-terrorism-work-a-history-9780199607853","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}