The West's road to 9/11 : resisting, appeasing, and encouraging terrorism since 1970
by
Carlton, David, 1938-
Title
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The West's road to 9/11 : resisting, appeasing, and encouraging terrorism since 1970
Author
:
Carlton, David, 1938-
ISBN
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9781403996084
Personal Author
:
Carlton, David, 1938-
Publication Information
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Physical Description
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ix, 297 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
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Pt. 1. Introduction -- Pt. 2. The 1970s: appeasing terrorism -- Ch. 1. 1970 : the West's first major test -- Ch. 2. The 1970s : the West's collective response to terrorism following Dawson's Field -- Ch. 3. Rewarding the Palestinians -- Ch. 4. Appeasing two European insurgencies -- Ch. 5. Equivocal West European responses to 1968-inspired terrorism -- Ch. 6. Appeasing Iran as a sponsor of terrorism : the Tehran Embassy occupation -- Pt. 3. The 1980s: resisting, appeasing and sponsoring terrorism -- Ch. 7. The 1980s: the West's collective response to terrorism -- Ch. 8. The 1980s : resisting terrorism -- Ch. 9. The 1980s : appeasing terrorism -- Ch. 10. The 1980s : encouraging and sponsoring terrorism -- Pt. 4. The 1990s : a schizophrenic decade -- Ch. 11. The 1990s : business-as-usual : resisting, appesing and sponsoring terrorism -- Ch. 12. The 1990s : business-not-as-usual : in awe of terrorism -- Pt. 5. Conclusion -- Ch. 13. 9/11 as a catalyst for consistency?
Abstract
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"The West's Road to 9/11 is a detailed and scholarly account of the chronic lack of consistency, over the three decades leading up to 9/11, in the handling of the challenge of terrorism by the West. Leaders of apparently very different persuasions are depicted without fear or favour as 'soft' on terrorism. Carter is judged to have been weak and vacillating in the face of Iranian militants; Reagan is shown to have been a friend of insurgents in both Nicaragua and Afghanistan; Thatcher is depicted as irresolute and inconsistent in her treatment of many of those whom she characterized as terrorists in Northern Ireland or southern Africa; and Clinton and Blair emerge as the heroes of Kosovo's armed insurgents. A work so lacking in loyalty to either liberal or neo-conservative icons will inevitably draw criticism from many directions."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
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Terrorism -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century.
Terrorism -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World politics -- 20th century.
International relations.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168020365777 | 303.6/2509045 C285W 2005 | 1 |
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025746732 | 303.6/2509045 C285W 2005 | 2 |