The struggle of democracy against terrorism : lessons from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gross, Emanuel, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • What is terrorism? definitions and characteristics
  • The laws of war waged between democratic states and terrorist organizations
  • Interrogation of terrorists : the boundaries between permitted interrogation and forbidden torture
  • Administrative powers of military commanders in the struggle against terrorism
  • Administrative detentions and the use of terrorists as bargaining counters
  • The right to privacy in times of terrorism
  • Use of civilians as human shields
  • Thwarting terrorist acts by targeted preventive elimination
  • Lessons of the past and challenges for the future.