Stampnitzky, Lisa,

Disciplining terror : how experts invented "terrorism" / Lisa Stampnitzky. - First paperback edition. - xii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-226) and index.

The invention of terrorism and the rise of the terrorism expert -- From insurgents to terrorists : experts, rational knowledge, and irrational subjects -- Disasters, diplomats, and databases : rationalization and its discontents -- Terrorism fever : the first war on terror and the politicization of expertise -- Loose can(n)ons : from small wars to the new terrorism -- The road to pre-emption -- The politics of (anti-)knowledge : disciplining terrorism after 9/11 -- The trouble with experts.

9781107697348 (pbk.) 1107697344 (pbk.)


Terrorism.
Terrorism--Study and teaching--History.
Terrorism--Research--History.
Terrorismus.
Experte.
Terrorism.
Terrorism--Research.
Terrorism--Study and teaching.


History.

HV 6431 .S69 2014