The no-nonsense guide to terrorism / Jonathan Barker.

By:

Barker, Jonathan, 1938- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford : New Internationalist in association with Verso, 2003Description: 144 pages ; 18 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1859844332
9781859844335

Other title:

Terrorism [Parallel title]

Subject(s):

Terrorism

DDC classification:

303.625 21

Contents:

Foreword / Paul Rogers -- 1. Questioning terrorism -- 2. Assessing the danger -- 3. State terrorism -- 4. Morality and history -- 5. Between war and politics.

Review: "Since the events of 11 September 2001, the propaganda uses of the word 'terrorism' have multiplied, and it has never been clearer that one person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. This No-Nonsense Guide looks at debates about September 11 and responses to it, but also tries to get behind the causes and contexts of both group terrorism and state terrorism." "Jonathan Barker provides a historical sketch as well as current examples from the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and Asia. He guides readers through the moral and political theories and highlights the battle of images and ideas that accompanies them. Analyzing the dynamics of terrorism, Barker scrutinizes the war on terror and its fateful consequences for democracy."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	303.625 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A290182B

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Previous	303.625 AL Al Qaeda now : understanding today's terrorists /	303.625 ALE Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida : profile of a terrorist network /	303.625 ALY A study of audience responses to the media discourse about the 'other ' : the fear of terrorism between Australian Muslims and the broader community /	303.625 BAR The no-nonsense guide to terrorism /	303.625 BLO Dying to kill : the allure of suicide terror /	303.625 CLU Terrorism in an unstable world /	303.625 COM Communication and terrorism : public and media responses to 9/11 /	Next

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Paul Rogers -- 1. Questioning terrorism -- 2. Assessing the danger -- 3. State terrorism -- 4. Morality and history -- 5. Between war and politics.

"Since the events of 11 September 2001, the propaganda uses of the word 'terrorism' have multiplied, and it has never been clearer that one person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. This No-Nonsense Guide looks at debates about September 11 and responses to it, but also tries to get behind the causes and contexts of both group terrorism and state terrorism." "Jonathan Barker provides a historical sketch as well as current examples from the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and Asia. He guides readers through the moral and political theories and highlights the battle of images and ideas that accompanies them. Analyzing the dynamics of terrorism, Barker scrutinizes the war on terror and its fateful consequences for democracy."--BOOK JACKET.

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