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The West's Road to 9/11 : Resisting, Appeasing and Encouraging Terrorism since 1970 /

The West's Road to 9/11 offers a detailed explanation of the handling of the challenge of terrorism by the USA, the UK and the West over the last thirty years. David Carlton contends that anti-terrorist rhetoric by the Governments of the West frequently masked indifference to the activities of...

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Main Author: Carlton, David (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:
Political Science and International Relations.
International Relations.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
International relations.
Political science.
Political violence.
Terrorism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The West's Road to 9/11 offers a detailed explanation of the handling of the challenge of terrorism by the USA, the UK and the West over the last thirty years. David Carlton contends that anti-terrorist rhetoric by the Governments of the West frequently masked indifference to the activities of many practitioners of non-state violence; and that in the case of the United States it did not hesitate even to sponsor those terrorist movements if deemed supportive of its wider geopolitical objectives.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 297 pages)
ISBN:9780230508767
DOI:10.1057/9780230508767