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Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World
Chris Abbott
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Description for Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World
Paperback. Since the 9/11 attacks, many Western governments assume terrorism to be the greatest threat we face. This book shows why this approach has been such a failure, and how it distracts us from other, much greater, threats of climate change, competition over resources, marginalisation of the majority of the world and global militarisation. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90. Clean copy of an ex library book with a neat label on spine and usual markings
Is international terrorism really the single greatest threat to world security? Since the 9/11 attacks, many Western governments assume terrorism to be the greatest threat we face. In response, their dangerous policies attempt to maintain control and keep the status quo by using overwhelming military force. This important book shows why this approach has been such a failure, and how it distracts us from other, much greater, threats of climate change, competition over resources, marginalisation of the majority of the world and global militarisation. Unless urgent, coordinated action is taken in the next 5-10 ... Read more
Is international terrorism really the single greatest threat to world security? Since the 9/11 attacks, many Western governments assume terrorism to be the greatest threat we face. In response, their dangerous policies attempt to maintain control and keep the status quo by using overwhelming military force. This important book shows why this approach has been such a failure, and how it distracts us from other, much greater, threats of climate change, competition over resources, marginalisation of the majority of the world and global militarisation. Unless urgent, coordinated action is taken in the next 5-10 ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846040702
SKU
KEX0226665
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Chris Abbott
Chris Abbott is the Programme Coordinator and Researcher at Oxford Research Group responsible for its sustainable security project. Paul Rogers is Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University, the author of 20 highly respected books, and a regular commentator on global security issues both nationally and internationally (eg. on www.opendemocracy.net). John Sloboda is Executive Director of the NGO, Oxford Research ... Read more
Reviews for Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World
This incisive study is radical...it demonstrates that the real threat to global peace lies in our failure to recognise our interdependence
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Powerful and well-presented...The argument it makes is hard to fault. Anyone who claims to be interested in security would be foolish not to read it.
George Monbiot, author of Heat: ... Read more
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Powerful and well-presented...The argument it makes is hard to fault. Anyone who claims to be interested in security would be foolish not to read it.
George Monbiot, author of Heat: ... Read more