Disciplining Terror: How Experts Invented Terrorism

Name: Disciplining Terror: How Experts Invented Terrorism
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ISBN: 9781107697348

ISBN-10: 1107697344

ISBN-13: 9781107697348

Edition: 2014

Authors: Lisa Stampnitzky

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Since 9/11 we have been told that terrorists are pathological evildoers, beyond our comprehension. Before the 1970s, however, hijackings, assassinations, and other acts we now call 'terrorism' were considered the work of rational strategic actors. 'Disciplining Terror' examines how political violence became 'terrorism,' and how this transformation ultimately led to the current 'war on terror.' Drawing upon archival research and interviews with terrorism experts, Lisa Stampnitzky traces the political and academic struggles through which experts made terrorism, and terrorism made experts. She argues that the expert discourse on terrorism operates at the boundary - itself increasingly…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Binding: Paperback
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English