Terrorism in the twenty-first century / Cynthia C. Combs.
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon. : Routledge, 2018Edition: Eighth edition.Description: xxv, 430 pages : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138671393; 9781315617053.Other title: Terrorism in the 21st century.Subject(s): Terrorism | Terrorism -- History | Terrorism -- ForecastingDDC classification: 363.3250905Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 363.3250905 COM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016870 |
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363.325 USI Using human rights to counter terrorism / | 363.32509 SAG Turning to political violence : | 363.32509041 JEN The battle against anarchist terrorism : | 363.3250905 COM Terrorism in the twenty-first century / | 363.325090511 EVO The evolution of the global terrorist threat : | 363.325094 BAK The European Union's fight against terrorism : | 363.32509416 MCK Bear in mind these dead / |
Previous edition: 2016.
First published: Pearson Education, Inc. 1997.
Part I. Terrorism in perspective -- An idea whose time has come? -- Not a modern phenomenon -- Ideology and terrorism : rights from wrongs? -- Part II. Who are the terrorists? -- Criminals or crusaders? -- Terrorism by the state -- Part III. How do they operate? -- Terrorism, Inc. -- Terrorist training -- The media : a weapon for both sides? -- Domestic terrorism in the United States -- part IV. Responses to terrorism -- International legal perspectives on terrorism -- the use of force to combat terrorism -- The use of national law and intelligence resources to combat terrorism -- Security measures : a frail defense --Part V. Current trends and future prospects -- the new terrorist threat : weapons of mass destruction -- Future trends.