The new terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : fanaticism and the arms of mass destruction / / Walter Laqueur
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Laqueur Walter <1921-2018.>
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| Titolo: |
The new terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : fanaticism and the arms of mass destruction / / Walter Laqueur
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.3/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Fanaticism |
| Radicalism | |
| Terrorism - Forecasting | |
| Terrorism | |
| Weapons of mass destruction | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The new terrorism |
| ISBN: | 1-280-52969-5 |
| 0-19-802789-3 | |
| 1-4294-0450-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777612803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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