The British War on Terror - Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism on the Home Front Since 9-11

Informationen zum Autor Dr Steve Hewitt is an expert on security and intelligence and Senior Lecturer in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham . Among the courses he teaches are a history of American intelligence, including the Central Intelligence Agency. Steve Hewitt regularly appears on television and radio commenting on issues of terrorism and security. Klappentext Since the attacks of 11 September 2001, the topic of terrorism and our response to it has dominated the public agenda in the United Kingdom. Steve Hewitt's book puts these developments into context, both historical and contemporary, and is brought right up-to-date with insights into the de Menezes shooting and Birmingham anti-terror raids.> Zusammenfassung Offers an examination of events of terrorism and provides a historical and contemporary context to this threat, and how we are dealing with it. Inhaltsverzeichnis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TIMELINE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: The Historical Context CHAPTER TWO: 'The rules of the game are changing:' From 9/11 to 7/7 CHAPTER THREE: Terrorism in the U.K. CHAPTER FOUR: 'it turned out wrongly': Counter-Terrorism, Part 1 CHAPTER FIVE: Losing Hearts and Minds: Counter-Terrorism, Part 2 CONCLUSION: 7/7s Not 9/11s BIBLIOGRAPHY

Product details

• Authors: Steve Hewitt, Hewitt Steve, Emmanuel Levinas
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2007
• EAN: 9780826498991
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9899-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Terrorism, armed struggle, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009