No end to war
Subtitle: terrorism in the twenty-first century
By: Walter Laqueur
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Terrorism; World politics
Description: A leading scholar examines the origins and history of terrorism, explaining how the motivations underlying terror have changed over the years, and the various causes of modern terrorist organizations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271) and index.
Table of contents: title: Roots of terrorism?; title: Origins of Islamic terrorism; title: Jihad; title: Suicide; title: Israel and the Palestinians; title: Intelligence failure?; title: The far right; title: Anti Americanism; title: Battlefields of the future 1: India and central Asia; title: Battlefields of the future 2: the international brigade; title: Conclusion: war against the West.