Terrorism In The Twenty-first Century

Cindy C. Combs

ISBN 10: 013193063X / ISBN 13: 9780131930636

Edité par Taylor & Francis, 2005

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Synopsis :

This book is designed to enable the reader to understand what terrorism is and, based on that understanding, to realistically assess future trends of this phenomenon.  The book, written to be “user-friendly” for those not familiar with this unique form of political violence, putting terrorism in historical perspective, offers evaluative tools which can be applied to terrorist acts to assess the critical characteristics of what, who, why and how related to these acts in a non-pejorative fashion, including examples and case studies to facilitate this analysis.  It evaluates various national and international responses to terrorism, in terms of their effectiveness and their legal ramifications, and offers predictions about future trends in terrorism based on current patterns, with graphs and statistics from the U.S. Department of State to make visualization of such patterns easier.

Revue de presse:

"Professor Combs has a great deal of scholarly information and knowledge on the subject of terrorism. The text is timely, well thought out, and the author appears to possess a comfortable knowledge of state terrorism as well as terrorism from 'below.' The text has presented a well-documented and reasonable approach that will become a valuable resource and classroom text on the subject of terrorism." — James M. Poland, California State University, Sacramento

"Combs makes good use of examples, case studies, anecdotal information, and profiles of terrorists and organizations throughout her work. She helps students thoroughly understand substantive issues and theoretical materials. I have found that the students find the information and illustrations interesting and informative, especially as they relate to contemporary events. The work also reflects up-to-date scholarship . . . both the breadth and depth of research is impressive." — Robert A. Wood, North Dakota State University

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Terrorism In The Twenty-first Century
Éditeur : Taylor & Francis
Date d'édition : 2005
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket
Edition : 4ème Édition