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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jon Bailes , Cihan AksanPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.275kg ISBN: 9780745332413ISBN 10: 0745332412 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 09 November 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Noam Chomsky: The Definition of Terrorism 3. Richard A. Falk: International Law and Human Rights 4. Marjorie Cohn: Torture as Terrorism 5. Ted Honderich: Morality, Justification, and Responsibility 6. Edward S. Herman: The Media Image of Terrorism 7. Judith Butler: The Discourse of Terror 8. Richard Jackson: Terrorism Studies and Academia 9. Patrick Bond: International Financial Institutions and the Economics of Terrorism 10. Ismael Hossein-zadeh: The Guiding Force of US Militarism 11. Gilbert Achcar: The United States in the Middle East 12. Norman G. Finkelstein: US Support for Israeli State Terror 13. Greg Grandin: The United States in Latin America 14. Daniele Ganser: NATO’s Secret Armies in EuropeReviewsTerror exercised by states is infinitely more deadly than terrorism by non-state actors. This outstanding book is welcome precisely because it starts by challenging the hegemonic views of both terrorism and democratic power. Nuanced and uncompromising, the interviewers have posed some of the most penetrating and important questions of our time. The answers received will change forever the way we think about terror. -- Professor Penny Green, King's College London, Director of the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) and co-author of State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption (Pluto 2004) 'A wide range of compelling topics are expertly explored by leading academics. Each is skilfully interviewed by Cihan Aksan and Jon Bailes who also provide an excellent introduction. A job well done' -- Michael Parenti 'Nuanced and uncompromising, the interviewers have posed some of the most penetrating and important questions of our time. The answers received will change forever the way we think about terror' -- Professor Penny Green, King's College London, Director of the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) and co-author of State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption (Pluto 2004) 'A wide range of compelling topics are expertly explored by leading academics. Each is skilfully interviewed by Cihan Aksan and Jon Bailes who also provide an excellent introduction. A job well done' -- Michael Parenti 'Nuanced and uncompromising, the interviewers have posed some of the most penetrating and important questions of our time. The answers received will change forever the way we think about terror' -- Professor Penny Green, King's College London, Director of the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) and co-author of State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption (Pluto 2004) Terror exercised by states is infinitely more deadly than terrorism by non-state actors. This outstanding book is welcome precisely because it starts by challenging the hegemonic views of both terrorism and democratic power. Nuanced and uncompromising, the interviewers have posed some of the most penetrating and important questions of our time. The answers received will change forever the way we think about terror. -- Professor Penny Green, King's College London, Director of the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) and co-author of State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption (Pluto 2004) A wide range of compelling topics are expertly explored by leading academics. Each is skilfully interviewed by Cihan Aksan and Jon Bailes who also provide an excellent introduction. A job well done. -- Michael Parenti Author InformationJon Bailes is a co-founding editor of the online political journal State of Nature. Cihan Aksan is a co-founding editor of the online political journal State of Nature. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |