Description |
1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
The invention of terrorism and the rise of the terrorism expert -- From insurgents to terrorists : experts, rational knowledge, and irrational subjects -- Disasters, diplomats, and databases : rationalization and its discontents -- Terrorism fever : the first war on terror and the politicization of expertise -- Loose can(n)onts : from small wars to the new terrorism -- The road to pre-emption -- The politics of (anti- )knowledge : disciplining terrorism after 9/11 -- The trouble with experts |
Summary |
Examines how political violence became 'terrorism', and how this transformation ultimately led to the current 'war on terror' |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Terrorism.
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Terrorism -- Study and teaching -- History
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Terrorism -- Research -- History
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terrorism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
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Terrorism
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Terrorism -- Research
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Terrorism -- Study and teaching
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Society.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781107341814 |
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1107341817 |
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9781139208161 |
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1139208160 |
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1107345561 |
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9781107345560 |
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9781107236615 |
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1107236614 |
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9781107348066 |
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1107348064 |
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1107349117 |
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9781107349117 |
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9781107697348 |
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1107697344 |
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1107357683 |
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9781107357686 |
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