01743cam a2200253 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002402000180006505000240008308200120010710000240011924500650014326000580020830000290026649000350029550400640033050501920039452007140058665000150130065000160131594200120133199900170134395201290136012661720230410120749.0990802s2011    gau      b    001 0 eng    a978019960394114aHV 6431bT753t 201100a303.6251 aTownshend, Charles.10aTerrorism :ba very short introduction /cCharles Townshend.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2011.  a161 p. :bill. ;c18 cm.0 aVery short introductions ;v78  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 146-149) and index.0 aThe trouble with terrorism -- Crusaders and conspirators -- The reign of terror -- Revolutionary terrorism -- Nationalism and terror -- Religious terror -- Counterterrorism and democracy.  aThis book charts a path through the outpouring of efforts to understand and explain modern 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. It unravels complex central questions such as whether terrorists are criminals, whether terrorism is a kind of war, what kind of threat terrorism represents, how far media publicity sustains terrorism, and whether democracy is especially vulnerable to terrorist attack. It examines the historical ideological and local roots of terrorist violence, and the success of specific terrorist and anti-terrorist campaigns in the more distant as well as the recent past. 0aTerrorism. 4aTerrorismo.  2lcccbk  c51409d51409  00102lcc40708CSaBJBbBJBcCSd2023-04-10h1l0oHV 6431 T753t 2011p00000115802r2018-10-24 00:00:00t1w2018-10-24ybk