TY - BOOK AU - Townshend,Charles TI - Terrorism: a very short introduction T2 - Very short introductions SN - 9780198809098 AV - HV6431 .T737 2018 U1 - 363.325 23 PY - 2018/// CY - UK PB - Oxford University Press KW - Terrorism KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Terrorism KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - "First edition published 2002, Second edition published 2011"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-155) and index; The trouble with terrorism -- Crusaders and conspirators -- The reign of terror -- Revolutionary terrorism -- Nationalism and terror -- Religious terror -- Countering terrorism N2 - "Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a 'war against terrorism?' In this fully updated edition, Charles Townshend unravels the questions at the heart of the problem of terrorism (ts causes, methods, effects, and limitations) suggesting that it must be understood as a political strategy whose threat can be rationally grasped and answered"--Publisher's description ER -