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The terrorist threat.(Letter to the editor)
SIR: In the September Quadrant, an article on Australia's universities ("Hijacking Terrorism Studies") refers extensively to the book Terror: From Tyrannicide to Terrorism. In doing so the author of the article claims that the book and its contributors defend terrorism and are "pro-terrorist". This is a wholesale misrepresentation of the aims, objectives, and contents of the book. It is one among many misrepresentations and unsubstantiated allegations that are too numerous to mention and counter at length. As an editor of and contributor to Terror, let me reassure you that the editors, contributors, reviewers, and publishers of the book are not supporters of terrorism, are not defenders of terrorism, and are not pro-terrorist.
As the title of the book makes plain, the book is about a wide range of political terror, ranging from tyrannicide to terrorism. And as the cover spells out, the book is primarily concerned with issues and instances of ...
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...Hezbollah and the Palestinian Terror, Shaul Shay, Transaction...of history. His previous books include Terror at the Command of the Imam...towards Iranian-sponsored terror in the Levant notwithstanding, this book is of value to military...
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...The Age of Sacred Terror" (490 pages. Random...future attacks. The book begins far beyond American...treacherous form of terror that seeks mass casualties...contribution of this important book will be to imbue the war on terror with a new realism...
- Micah Halpern What You Need To Know About: Terror.(Book Review)
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...What You Need To Know About: Terror gives answers to the questions...doing demystifies the threat of terror. The more something is incomprehensible...more it is to be feared; this book will present a rational guide...What You Need To Know About: Terror is a must-read for everyone...
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- Magazine article from: Urban History Review Muir, James March 22, 2003 700+ words
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- The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State Kinsey, Andrew D. June 22, 2004 700+ words
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