The lessons of terror : a history of warfare against civilians : why it has always failed and why it will fail again / Caleb Carr.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Random House, 2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 272 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0375508430
  • 9780375508431
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Lessons of terror.; Online version:: Lessons of terror.LOC classification:
  • HV 6431 .C376 2002
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Contents:
A catastrophe, not a cure -- Dulce bellum inexpertis -- Industry and cunning -- Covenants without the sword -- Honor has no effect on them -- To preach hatred -- Violence to its utmost bounds -- Fascinated by terror -- This fundamentally repugnant philosophy -- Shake hands with murder -- Profit or preservation?
Summary: We think of terrorism as a relatively modern phenomenon used by fringe political and religious groups, but The Lessons of Terror demonstrates that it is a practice that has existed since time immemorial, and has been employed by national armies as well as extremists. Carr's exploration of two thousand years of terrorism reveals the tactic's consistently self-defeating nature: Far from prompting submission, it only stiffens enemy resolve, and never leads to long-term success or peace. Carr provides a critical historical context for understanding not only individual terrorist acts today, but the Middle East conflict as well.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.

A catastrophe, not a cure -- Dulce bellum inexpertis -- Industry and cunning -- Covenants without the sword -- Honor has no effect on them -- To preach hatred -- Violence to its utmost bounds -- Fascinated by terror -- This fundamentally repugnant philosophy -- Shake hands with murder -- Profit or preservation?

We think of terrorism as a relatively modern phenomenon used by fringe political and religious groups, but The Lessons of Terror demonstrates that it is a practice that has existed since time immemorial, and has been employed by national armies as well as extremists. Carr's exploration of two thousand years of terrorism reveals the tactic's consistently self-defeating nature: Far from prompting submission, it only stiffens enemy resolve, and never leads to long-term success or peace. Carr provides a critical historical context for understanding not only individual terrorist acts today, but the Middle East conflict as well.

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