02206nam 2200505 450 991079710440332120230112182709.01-4422-3779-1(CKB)3710000000433732(EBL)2073321(SSID)ssj0001515740(PQKBManifestationID)12584606(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001515740(PQKBWorkID)11482215(PQKB)11524098(MiAaPQ)EBC2073321(EXLCZ)99371000000043373220150630h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe United States and terrorism an ironic perspective /Ron HirschbeinLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2015.©20151 online resource (227 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-3777-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : The Quest for the Unholy Gral -- Chapter 1 : World War I : Theory and Practice of Terrorism -- Chapter 2 : Celebrating Nuclear Terror : The Irony of the Cold War -- Chapter 3 : Goodwill Toward Men Without Peace on Earth -- Chapter 4: The War on Terror -- Chapter 5: Terrorism as Entertainment.Terrorism didn't always get bad press. In fact, terror bombing was indispensable to winning World War II, and during the Cold War the threat of nuclear annihilation became the strategy to deter war between the superpowers. In this work, Ron Hirschbein discusses the competing definitions of terrorism and shows how the notion of terrorism has evolved since World War II from being a tool to win the war to becoming the United States' nemesis.TerrorismUnited StatesTerrorismUnited StatesHistoryTerrorismTerrorismHistory.363.3250973Hirschbein Ron1943-1547951MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797104403321The United States and terrorism3804595UNINA