TY - BOOK AU - CARR Caleb TI - The lessons of terror: a history of warfare against civilians SN - 0375508430 (hbk.): PY - 2002/// CY - New york PB - Random House KW - COUNTERTERRORISM KW - TERRORISM KW - HISTORY N2 - 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 ER -