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The new terrorism : fanaticism and the arms of mass destruction

Author: Walter Laqueur
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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 argues that as a new quasi-religious extreme right rises, with more personal and less ideological motivations than their left-wing counterparts, it is only a matter of time before the  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Laqueur, Walter, 1921-
New terrorism.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1999
(OCoLC)652184854
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Walter Laqueur
ISBN: 0195118162 9780195118162
OCLC Number: 40433222
Description: vii, 312 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 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.
Responsibility: Walter Laqueur.
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"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 argues that as a new quasi-religious extreme right rises, with more personal and less ideological motivations than their left-wing counterparts, it is only a matter of time before the attainability of weapons of mass destruction creates a terrifying and unstable scenario." "From militant separatism in Kashmir to state-sponsored extremism in Libya and ecoterrorism in the West, The New Terrorism offers a thorough account of terrorism in all its past and current manifestations. Most importantly, it casts a sober eye to the future, when the inevitable marriage of technology and fanaticism will give us all something new to think about."--Jacket.

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