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1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
The invention of terrorism and the rise of the terrorism expert -- From insurgents to terrorists : experts, rational knowledge, and irrational subjects -- Disasters, diplomats, and databases : rationalization and its discontents -- Terrorism fever : the first war on terror and the politicization of expertise -- Loose can(n)onts : from small wars to the new terrorism -- The road to pre-emption -- The politics of (anti- )knowledge : disciplining terrorism after 9/11 -- The trouble with experts. |
Summary |
Examines how political violence became 'terrorism', and how this transformation ultimately led to the current 'war on terror'. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Terrorism.
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Terrorism. |
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Terrorism -- Study and teaching -- History.
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Terrorism -- Study and teaching. |
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History. |
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Terrorism -- Research -- History.
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Terrorism -- Research. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Stampnitzky, Lisa. Disciplining terror. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107026636 (DLC) 2012044908 (OCoLC)818985415 |
ISBN |
9781107341814 (electronic book) |
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1107341817 (electronic book) |
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9781139208161 (electronic book) |
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1139208160 (electronic book) |
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1107345561 (electronic book) |
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9781107345560 (electronic book) |
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9781107236615 |
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1107236614 |
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9781107026636 |
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1107026636 |
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