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Playing Politics with Terrorism: A User's Guide
George Kassimeris
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Description for Playing Politics with Terrorism: A User's Guide
Paperback. While governments are obliged to protect society and bring terrorists to justice, their effectiveness in tackling terrorism without undermining the support of the population for law and order or jeopardising basic liberties is paramount. This book points out, governments in many countries, from Putin's Russia and Fujimori's Peru to Italy in 1970s. Editor(s): Kassimeris, George. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVH1; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
While governments are obliged to protect society and bring terrorists to justice, their effectiveness in tackling terrorism without undermining the support of the population for law and order or jeopardising basic liberties is paramount. In dealing with extremism, governments have found it difficult to balance the imperatives of security and the rights of liberty. That said, neither lethargy nor hysteria is conducive to ensuring national security. Rather, steely determination grounded in facts and sound judgments about the challenges confronting us are required.The exaggeration by governments of a terrorist threat in order to sustain a credible anti-terrorism narrative, to manipulate public ... Read more
While governments are obliged to protect society and bring terrorists to justice, their effectiveness in tackling terrorism without undermining the support of the population for law and order or jeopardising basic liberties is paramount. In dealing with extremism, governments have found it difficult to balance the imperatives of security and the rights of liberty. That said, neither lethargy nor hysteria is conducive to ensuring national security. Rather, steely determination grounded in facts and sound judgments about the challenges confronting us are required.The exaggeration by governments of a terrorist threat in order to sustain a credible anti-terrorism narrative, to manipulate public ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
334
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850658634
SKU
V9781850658634
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About George Kassimeris
GEORGE KASSIMERIS is a Senior Research Fellow in Conflict and Terrorism at the University of Wolverhampton. He is the author of Europe's Last Red Terrorists (2000,) on Greece's notorious November 17th terrorist group. He writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal Europe and the International Herald Tribune.
Reviews for Playing Politics with Terrorism: A User's Guide
'Brilliant, mind-opening stuff.'
The Independent, chosen as one of David Crystal's best books of 2007
'This powerful collection of essays is at the same time both a radical and traditional examination of the politics of terror. Radical in that it presents terrorism as a complex phenomenon rooted in real life experience-best understood and combated by open minds with ... Read more
The Independent, chosen as one of David Crystal's best books of 2007
'This powerful collection of essays is at the same time both a radical and traditional examination of the politics of terror. Radical in that it presents terrorism as a complex phenomenon rooted in real life experience-best understood and combated by open minds with ... Read more