Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge - Couverture souple

Dershowitz, Alan M.

 
9780300101539: Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0300101538 ISBN 13 : 9780300101539
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2003

Synopsis

One of America's most distinguished defenders of civil liberties presents measures that will prevent terrorism and still uphold our democratic values

The greatest danger facing the world today, says Alan M. Dershowitz, comes from religiously inspired, state sponsored terrorist groups that seek to develop weapons of mass destruction for use against civilian targets. In his newest book, Dershowitz argues passionately and persuasively that global terrorism is a phenomenon largely of our own making and that we must and can take steps to reduce the frequency and severity of terrorist acts. Analyzing recent acts of terrorism and our reaction to them, Dershowitz explains that terrorism is successful when the international community gives in to the demands of terrorists--or even tries to understand and eliminate the "root causes" of terrorism. He discusses extreme approaches to wiping out international terrorism that would work if we were not constrained by legal, moral, and humanitarian considerations. And then, given that we do operate under such constraints, he offers a series of proposals that would effectively reduce the frequency and severity of international terrorism by striking a balance between security and liberty.

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À propos de l?auteur

Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of law at Harvard Law School and America's most renowned criminal defence and civil liberties attorney, is the best-selling author of Supreme Injustice, Chutzpah, Reversal of Fortune, Reasonable Doubts, and many other books.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300101538
ISBN 13 
9780300101539
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
286
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780300097665: Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat Responding to the Challenge

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0300097662 ISBN 13 :  9780300097665
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2002
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