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Terrorism : a very short introduction
- Title
- Terrorism : a very short introduction / Charles Townshend.
- Author
- Townshend, Charles
- Publication
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 165 pages : illustrations; 18 cm.
- Summary
- "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.
- Series Statement
- Very short introductions ; 78
- Uniform Title
- Very short introductions ; 78.
- Subject
- Note
- "First edition published 2002, Second edition published 2011"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-155) and index.
- Contents
- The trouble with terrorism -- Crusaders and conspirators -- The reign of terror -- Revolutionary terrorism -- Nationalism and terror -- Religious terror -- Countering terrorism.
- Call Number
- JFC 18-610
- ISBN
- 9780198809098
- 0198809093
- LCCN
- 2018932383
- OCLC
- 1038433115
- Author
- Townshend, Charles, author.
- Title
- Terrorism : a very short introduction / Charles Townshend.
- Publisher
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- Third edition.Fully updated new edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Very short introductions ; 78Very short introductions ; 78.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-155) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFC 18-610