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OverviewTerrorism and counter-terrorism represent enduringly and globally important phenomena, and the mutually shaping relationship between non-state terrorism and state counter-terrorism continues to influence world politics. Illusions of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism brings together leading scholars in the field to analyse this relationship, and to do so in distinctive manner. The book sustainedly assesses the interaction of terrorism and counter-terrorism through drawing on a range of academic disciplines in dialogue with one another. It addresses the dynamics of counter-terrorism more interrogatively and concentratedly than is common in much of the scholarly literature, and it highlights a theme that is all too rarely considered in the field: namely, the shared and mutually-echoing failings and illusions involved in the politics of terrorism and counter-terrorism alike. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard English (Wardlaw Professor of Politics, Director of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV); Fellow of the British Academy, University of St Andrews)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Volume: Vol. 203 Dimensions: Width: 16.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9780197265901ISBN 10: 0197265901 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 10 December 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsRichard English: Introduction: The Enduring Illusions of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism 1: Alia Brahimi: Al-Qaeda and the 9/11 Decade 2: Rashmi Singh: Counter-Terrorism in the Post-9/11 Era: Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned 3: David Omand: What Should be the Limits of Western Counter-Terrorism Policy? 4: Conor Gearty: No Golden Age: The Deep Origins and Current Utility of Western Counter-Terrorism Policy 5: Adrian Guelke: Secrets and Lies: Misinformation and Counter-Terrorism 6: Audrey Kurth Cronin: How and Why Do Terrorist Campaigns End? 7: Richard English: Why Terrorist Campaigns Do Not End: The Case of Contemporary Irish Dissident Republicanism 8: David Lake: The Global Insurgency: Action and Reaction in Contemporary World PoliticsReviewsRichard English's edited collection, Illusions of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, avoids the usual trap of level-headed banality. It does so by assembling a cast of authors all of whom have a hinterland in other disciplines, including international relations and law. John Bew, Times Literary Supplement Author InformationRichard English is Wardlaw Professor of Politics in the School of International Relations, and Director of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), at the University of St Andrews. He was born in 1963 in Belfast, where he worked at Queen's University between 1989 and 2011. He is the author of seven books, including the award-winning studies Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA (2003) and Irish Freedom: The History of Nationalism in Ireland (2006). His most recent book, Modern War: A Very Short Introduction, was published in 2013 by Oxford University Press. He is a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA), a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), and an Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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