Terrorism
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Charles Townshend
Edition: Third edition. Fully updated new edition.
Series: Very short introductions -- 78; Very short introductions -- 78.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780198809098
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Terrorism
Description: "Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a 'war against terrorism?' In this fully updated edition, Charles Townshend unravels the questions at the heart of the problem of terrorism (ts causes, methods, effects, and limitations) suggesting that it must be understood as a political strategy whose threat can be rationally grasped and answered"--Publisher's description.
Notes: "First edition published 2002, Second edition published 2011"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-155) and index.
Table of contents: title: The trouble with terrorism; title: Crusaders and conspirators; title: The reign of terror; title: Revolutionary terrorism; title: Nationalism and terror; title: Religious terror; title: Countering terrorism.