| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 312 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-299) and index. |
| Contents |
Terrorism and history -- Weapons of mass destruction -- Terrorist motives: Marx, Muhammad, and Armageddon -- Terror and the far right -- Religion and terrorism -- State terrorism -- Exotic terrorism -- Terrorism and organized crime -- Terrorism today and tomorrow -- Terrorism of the future. |
| Summary |
"In The New Terrorism Walter Laqueur, one of the foremost experts on terrorism and international strategic affairs, recounts the history of terrorism and, more importantly, examines the future of terrorist activity worldwide. Laqueur argues that as a new quasi-religious extreme right rises, with more personal and less ideological motivations than their left-wing counterparts, it is only a matter of time before the attainability of weapons of mass destruction creates a terrifying and unstable scenario." "From militant separatism in Kashmir to state-sponsored extremism in Libya and ecoterrorism in the West, The New Terrorism offers a thorough account of terrorism in all its past and current manifestations. Most importantly, it casts a sober eye to the future, when the inevitable marriage of technology and fanaticism will give us all something new to think about."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Terrorism.
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Terrorism. |
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Terrorism -- Forecasting.
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Terrorism -- Forecasting. |
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Weapons of mass destruction.
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Weapons of mass destruction. |
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Radicalism.
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Radicalism. |
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Fanaticism.
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Fanaticism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Laqueur, Walter, 1921- New terrorism. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0195118162 (DLC) 98052012 (OCoLC)40433222 |
| ISBN |
9780198027898 (electronic book) |
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0198027893 (electronic book) |
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1280529695 |
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9781280529696 |
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0195118162 (Cloth) |
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9780195118162 |
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