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The 'New' Terrorism - Myths and Reality

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Informationen zum Autor Thomas Mockaitis, DePaul University. Klappentext As shocking as the attacks of 9/11 were, we have been too quick to view the post-9/11 struggle against terrorism as entirely new and unprecedented. Without denying certain novel aspects of Al Qaeda and its affiliates, the newness of its purpose and methods has been overemphasized. Many aspects of contemporary terrorism bear a striking resemblance to past movements. Others represent the culmination of trends evolving over decades. Even seemingly novel characteristics of terrorist methods may be more the outcome of earlier developments than a truly new phenomenon. The increased lethality of terrorist attacks is a case in point. Usually attributed to lack of restraint brought on by religious extremism, the emphasis on body count may owe as much to a kind of threshold phenomenon. Numbed by decades of violence, people do not shock as easily as they once did. It now takes thousands of deaths to produce the same effect once caused by a relative handful. This book places today's terrorism in historical context and challenges the idea of a global war on terrorism. Zusammenfassung As shocking as the attacks of 9/11 were! we have been too quick to view the post-9/11 struggle against terrorism as entirely new and unprecedented. Even seemingly novel characteristics of terrorist methods may be more the outcome of earlier developments than a truly new phenomenon.

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Authors Thomas Mockaitis, Thomas R. Mockaitis, Mockaitis Thomas R., Thomas R. Mokaitis
Publisher Greenwood Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.11.2006
 
EAN 9780275989637
ISBN 978-0-275-98963-7
No. of pages 158
Dimensions 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
Series Praeger Security International
Praeger Security International
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Terrorism, armed struggle, Security Studies: Terrorism

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