The lessons of terror: a history of warfare against civilians

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New york: Random House, 2002Description: 272pISBN:
  • 0375508430 (hbk.):
Subject(s): Summary: Argues that terrorism is not a uniquely modern phenomenon and shows that by placing it in the military context rather than sociology or political science it has a long and violent history. Suggests that terrorism has never been effective or achieved its objectives and that it will always fail. Calls for terrorism to be treated as a military act to which the correct response is military action.
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Argues that terrorism is not a uniquely modern phenomenon and shows that by placing it in the military context rather than sociology or political science it has a long and violent history. Suggests that terrorism has never been effective or achieved its objectives and that it will always fail. Calls for terrorism to be treated as a military act to which the correct response is military action.

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