Does terrorism work? : a history /

"Terrorism is one of the most significant security threats that we face in the twenty-first century. Not surprisingly, there is now a plethora of books on the subject, offering definitions of what terrorism is and proffering advice on what causes it and how states should react to it. But one of...

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Main Author: English, Richard, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 0 |g Introduction --  |t Jihadist terror : the case of al-Qaida --  |t Ireland and the provisional IRA --  |t Hamas and Palestinian terrorism --  |t Basque terrorism, ETA, and the Spanish state --  |g Conclusion. 
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