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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “ronald crelinsten”
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  • Terrorism, Democracy, and Human Security

    A Communication Model

    by Ronald Crelinsten ...
    Series series Political Violence
    This book examines the relationship between terrorism and counterterrorism and how it operates within the broader context of communication, control, power, and democratic governance at the national, international, and transnational level.A culmination of decades of research on the challenges that liberal democracies face in dealing with terrorism, this work provides an innovative framework that ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Counterterrorism

    by Ronald Crelinsten ...
    Series series Understanding Terrorism
    Terrorism has emerged as one of the most problematic issues facing national governments and the international community in the 21st century. But how is it possible to counter terrorism in a world in which governance is still dominated by the nation-state? Are we seeing new forms of terrorist activity in the wake of 9/11? Are pre-9/11 approaches still valid? How can we combat and control diverse ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • The Politics Of Pain

    Torturers And Their Masters

    by Ronald D Crelinsten, Alex Schmid ...
    Although a wave of democratization appears to be sweeping the globe, torture persists in more than seventy-five nations. Despite widespread condemnation of torture and the efforts of international and nongovernmental organizations to end it, the "politics of pain" continues in a broad range of social and political systems. This book is one of the first to systematically examine the psychological, ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Western Responses to Terrorism

    Edited by Ronald D. Crelinsten, Alex P. Schmid ...
    This volume combines case studies of national responses to terrorism with analyses of conceptual, political, economic and data-collection problems surrounding the control of terrorism in democratic societies over the last 25 years. ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

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  • The Terrorist's Dilemma

    Managing Violent Covert Organizations

    by Jacob N. Shapiro ...
    How do terrorist groups control their members? Do the tools groups use to monitor their operatives and enforce discipline create security vulnerabilities that governments can exploit? The Terrorist's Dilemma is the first book to systematically examine the great variation in how terrorist groups are structured. Employing a broad range of agency theory, historical case studies, and terrorists' own ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Hegemony or Survival

    America's Quest for Global Dominance

    by Noam Chomsky ...
    Series series The American Empire Project
    From the world's foremost intellectual activist, an irrefutable analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and its expected consequences."Intellectual activist Chomsky takes aim at the Bush administration's policy of preemptive force against terrorism and sees it as part of a US bent toward hegemony…. Chomsky offers a cautionary look at where we may be headed as a nation and the growing ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • What Terrorists Want

    Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat

    by Louise Richardson ...
    “This is at the top of my list for best books on terrorism.”–Jessica Stern, author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants KillHow can the most powerful country in the world feel so threatened by an enemy infinitely weaker than we are? How can loving parents and otherwise responsible citizens join terrorist movements? How can anyone possibly believe that the cause of Islam can be ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • 21 Speeches That Shaped Our World

    The people and ideas that changed the way we think

    by Chris Abbott ...
    In this fascinating book, Chris Abbott, a leading political analyst, takes a close look at 21 key speeches which have shaped the world today. He examines the power of the arguments embedded in these speeches to inspire people to achieve great things, or do great harm.Abbott draws upon his political expertise to explain how our current understanding of the world is rooted in pivotal moments of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • How Terrorism Ends

    Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns

    by Audrey Kurth Cronin ...
    “A landmark study."—Robin Wright, The New YorkerWhy every terrorist movement comes to an end—and how this history can help us combat today's terrorist threatsAmid the fear following 9/11 and more recent terror attacks, it is easy to forget the most important fact about terrorist campaigns: they always come to an end—and often far more quickly than expected. Contrary to what many assume, when it ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Terror and Consent

    by Philip Bobbitt ...
    Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass destruction will be commodified and the wealthiest societies even more vulnerable to ... Read more

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  • Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction

    by Charles Townshend ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This book charts a path through the outpouring of efforts to understand and explain modern terrorism, by asking what makes terrorism different from other forms of political, military action; what makes it effective; and what can be done about it. It unravels complex central questions such as whether terrorists are criminals, whether terrorism is a kind of war, what kind of threat terrorism ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Humanitarian Imperialism

    Using Human Rights to Sell War

    by Jean Bricmont ...
    Translated by Diana Johnstone ...
    Since the end of the Cold War, the idea of human rights has been made into a justification for intervention by the world's leading economic and military powers—above all, the United States—in countries that are vulnerable to their attacks. The criteria for such intervention have become more arbitrary and self-serving, and their form more destructive, from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan to Iraq. Until ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD