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Author:   Michael Bhatia (University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9780415413725

ISBN 10:   0415413729
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   30 August 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors. 1. Fighting Words: Naming Terrorists, Bandits, Rebels and Other Violent Actors 2. Imaging Terror: Logos, Pathos and Ethos 3. Al-Qaeda - Terrorists, Hypocrites, Fundamentalists? The View from Within 4. Savagery in Democracy's Empire 5. Bandits and Blanket Thieves, Communists and Terrorists: The Politics of Naming Sandinistas in Nicaragua, 1927-36 and 1979-90 6. Liberation Struggle or Terrorism? The Politics of Naming the Ltte 7. Terrorists, Bandits, Spooks and Thieves: Russian Demonisation of the Chechens Before and Ssince 9/11 8. Savage Wars? Codes of Violence in Algeria, 1830s-1990s 9. Israeli Snipers in the Al-Aqsa Intifada: Killing, Humanity and Lived Experience 10. Words as Interventions: Naming in the Palestine-Israel Conflict 11. Know thy Enemy: Hizbullah, 'Terrorism' and the Politics of Perception 12. Themes in Official Discourses on Terrorism in Central Asia

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Michael Bhatia is at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford

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