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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823515403321

Autore

Laqueur Walter <1921-2018.>

Titolo

The new terrorism : fanaticism and the arms of mass destruction / / Walter Laqueur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-280-52969-5

0-19-802789-3

1-4294-0450-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Disciplina

363.3/2

Soggetti

Fanaticism

Radicalism

Terrorism - Forecasting

Terrorism

Weapons of mass destruction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-299) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Terrorism and History; Weapons of Mass Destruction; Terrorist Motives: Marx, Muhammad, and Armageddon; Terror and the Far Right; Religion and Terrorism; State Terrorism; Exotic Terrorism; Terrorism and Organized Crime; Terrorism Today and Tomorrow; Terrorism of the Future; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The destruction of the World Trade Towers demonstrates the horrifying consequences of a terrorist strike. But as technological advances make weapons of mass destruction frighteningly easy to acquire, a revolution is occurring in the very nature of terrorism--one that may make these attackslook like child's play.  In The New Terrorism Walter Laqueur, one of the foremost experts on terrorism and international strategic affairs, recounts the history of terrorism and, more importantly, examines the future of terrorist activity worldwide. Laqueur traces the chilling trend away from terrorism perpet