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  • The American Terrorist
    David H Ellis / Terry Lynn Oroszi / Terry Oroszi
    Readers of 'The American Terrorist' will be able to discuss terrorism like an expert. The book explains why some criminals are labeled as terrorists, but others are not, and compiles the attributes of 500+ American citizens charged with acts related to terrorism into an 8-marker profile of an American terrorist. Acts of terrorism may only impact a few, but the fear they invoke ...
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    20,02 €

  • Unfinished business
    Marisa McGlinchey
    This book traces the political development of ’dissident’ Irish republicanism from the beginnings of the peace process. Based on extensive interviews with activists, it offers an insight into the ideology and motivation of a wide range of radical republican groups and analyses how serious a challenge they mount to the status quo in Ireland. ...
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    145,05 €

  • Unfinished business
    Marisa McGlinchey
    This book traces the political development of ’dissident’ Irish republicanism from the beginnings of the peace process. Based on extensive interviews with activists, it offers an insight into the ideology and motivation of a wide range of radical republican groups and analyses how serious a challenge they mount to the status quo in Ireland. ...
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    44,46 €

  • Terrorism
    Gus Martin
    A comprehensive investigation of modern terrorism and the global terrorist environment, topics discussed include the Causes of Terrorism, the Role of the Media, Cyberterrorism, Religious Terrorism, and The Future of Terrorism. ...
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    95,61 €

  • Non-Western responses to terrorism
    This book surveys how non-Western states have responded to the threats of domestic and international terrorism in ways consistent with and reflective of their broad historical, political, cultural and religious traditions. ...
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    156,18 €

  • Handbook of Research on Advocacy, Promotion, and Public Programming for Memory Institutions
    Patrick Ngulube
    Memory institutions such as archives, libraries, and museums collect, arrange, describe, and preserve their collections and holdings in order to make them accessible to the community. However, these institutions remain underutilized and are struggling to raise awareness of their existence and attract users and funders. The Handbook of Research on Advocacy, Promotion, and Public...
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    347,83 €

  • Non-Western responses to terrorism
    This book surveys how non-Western states have responded to the threats of domestic and international terrorism in ways consistent with and reflective of their broad historical, political, cultural and religious traditions. ...
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    43,11 €

  • Is America Safe?
    Don Philpott
    As potential targets such as military facilities, symbols of democracy, government buildings, and infrastructure are ’hardened’ against possible terrorist attacks, terrorists will shift to softer targets: churches, schools, malls, mass entertainment centers, high-rise apartments, transportation centers, and energy facilities. Their goal will be to disrupt or destroy our economy...
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    60,49 €

  • ¡Es la guerra, camarada!
    César Covo Lilo
    César Covo, comunista de origen judío sefardí y voluntario en las Brigadas Internacionales en el bando republicano, narra en primera persona su implicación en la Guerra Civil. Intermediario entre los asesores rusos y los republicanos españoles, rememora el encuentro con personas que lo marcaron como «el Campesino». Describe episodios protagonizados por él, como la defensa de la...
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    17,50 €

  • Sri Lanka at Crossroads
    Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
    Having celebrated its 70th year of independence in 2018, Sri Lanka, a strategically-positioned island nation, now finds itself with the potential to be a super connector in fast-developing Asia. While carving out a place for itself in the international arena, Sri Lanka has simultaneously had to look inwards to recover and rebuild its potential, bruised by an era of colonial rul...
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    118,13 €

  • The Lebanese Forces
    Nader Moumneh
    In this book, author Nader Moumneh-a Canadian senior policy adviser of Lebanese descent- examines the research of the formation and evolution of the Christian resistance in Lebanon he performed as a graduate student at the American University of Beirut in the early 1990s. He has conducted hundreds of lengthy interviews with senior Lebanese Forces leaders who were thoroughly imp...
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    203,28 €

  • The Lebanese Forces
    Nader Moumneh
    In this book, author Nader Moumneh-a Canadian senior policy adviser of Lebanese descent- examines the research of the formation and evolution of the Christian resistance in Lebanon he performed as a graduate student at the American University of Beirut in the early 1990s. He has conducted hundreds of lengthy interviews with senior Lebanese Forces leaders who were thoroughly imp...
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    80,11 €

  • The Political Aesthetics of ISIS and Italian Futurism
    Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
    Through empirical analysis and theoretical reflection, this book shows that the aesthetics and politics of the Islamic State is 'futurist.' ISIS overcomes postmodern pessimism and joins the modern, techno-oriented, and optimistic attitude propagated by Italian Futurism in the early twentieth century. The Islamic State does not only excel through the extensive use of high-tech w...
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    129,02 €

  • Disarmament, Peace and Development
    This new volume provides reflections and insights from leading public figures and activists who oppose military expenditure in any form. Many of the contributions to this volume were presented as speeches at the ’Disarm! For a Climate of Peace’ meeting held in Berlin in 2016, organized by the International Peace Bureau. ...
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    184,46 €

  • AMIA - An Ongoing Crime
    Alberto L. Zuppi
    On July 18, 1994 the AMIA building in Buenos Aires was decimated by an explosion that killed 85 people and injured over 400 more. This terrorist attack was made against Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, the most influential Jewish philanthropic organization in Argentina. Appearances are often deceiving, and while it appeared that the Argentine government was launching a th...
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    16,55 €

  • Learning from Violent Extremist Attacks
    How can we use psychology and the behavioural sciences to aid law enforcement to better identify violent extremists? What can we learn from past attacks to ensure that our society is more prepared? How can societies deal with tension after these attacks?Violent extremists are evolving, constantly honing their strategies to out-manuever the 'good guys'. Faced with the qu...
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    282,14 €

  • Cartografías del mal
    Vários Autores
    Este libro es el resultado de reflexiones intermitentes sobre el conflicto y el proceso de paz en Colombia desde el año 2000 siguiendo la pregunta acerca de la guerra interna como modo de subjetivación, y las correspondientes relaciones sociales basadas en la partición amigo/enemigo. La primera parte describe dos formaciones de saber: la que se ocupa de la violentologia y la qu...
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    14,77 €

  • Democracy Struggles
    Theodora Vetta
    Tracing the boom of local NGOs since the 1990s in the context of the global political economy of aid, current trends of neoliberal state restructuring, and shifting post-Cold War hegemonies, this book explores the "associational revolution" in post-socialist, post-conflict Serbia. Looking into the country's "transition" through a global and relational analytical prism, the ...
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    184,30 €

  • Europeanization in Sweden
    Notwithstanding its many successes since 1945, the project of European integration currently faces major difficulties, from financial crises and mass immigration to the impending departure of the UK from the European Union. At the same time, these challenges have spurred civil society organizations within and across Europe, revealing a shared public sphere in which citizens can...
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    183,97 €

  • Anti-terrorism, citizenship and security
    Lee Jarvis / Michael Lister
    This book explores how different publics make sense of and evaluate anti-terrorism powers within the UK, and the implications of this for citizenship and security. ...
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    46,98 €

  • The European Union’s fight against terrorism
    Christopher Baker-Beall
    This book presents a discourse analysis of the European Union’s counter-terrorism policy and explores the societal effects of the ’fight against terrorism’ ...
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    46,95 €

  • The Islamist Challenge and Africa
    Samory Rashid
    The Islamist Challenge and Africa explores Islamist militancy in Africa south of the Sahara, perhaps the most dangerous region in the world today. It examines Islamist militancy’s longstanding presence among Africans, its distinct ideological features and ways to minimize if not eliminate its violence. It warns policy makers to abandon marginalizing Africa before it is too late...
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    129,05 €

  • Le mythe de la transition pacifique
    Sophie Baby
    La transition vers la démocratie occupe une place de choix dans l’imaginaire espagnol. Miroir positif de la tragédie représentée par la Guerre civile de 1936-1939, vantée à l’extérieur comme un modèle à suivre, cette transition est devenue en Espagne un mythe fondateur. Réputée pacifique, elle n’aurait pas, ou peu, fait couler le sang. Ce livre souligne pourtant le contraire. À...
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    28,08 €

  • Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalisation in Higher Education
    Catherine McGlynn / Shaun McDaid
    This book draws on primary research to present a critical overview of debates about UK university campuses as a location for radicalisation and the impact of counter-radicalisation policies. It provides a historical overview and a contemporary assessment of radicalisation in Universities and covers teaching, student and governance aspects of HE. ...
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    104,16 €

  • Sharon Tate Campaign Plan MMXX
    Michael A. Walker / Michael AWalker
    In 1969 the nearly nine months pregnant celebrity Sharon Tate loses her life and the life of her unborn child horrifying hundreds of millions of Americans. Only 26 years old when she died, the story of Sharon’s life becomes of less public interest than learning about the hippie lives of her murderers. Despite this, Sharon possesses a formidable arsenal of relatively unseen visu...
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    44,25 €

  • Sharon Tate Campaign Plan MMXX
    Michael A. Walker / Michael AWalker
    In 1969 the nearly nine months pregnant celebrity Sharon Tate loses her life and the life of her unborn child horrifying hundreds of millions of Americans. Only 26 years old when she died, the story of Sharon’s life becomes of less public interest than learning about the hippie lives of her murderers. Despite this, Sharon possesses a formidable arsenal of relatively unseen visu...
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    26,94 €

  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism
    Matthew Lippman
    Following the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001, the number of terrorism-related courses, programs, research centers, journals, and books have increased exponentially. Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Theory, History, and Contemporary Challenges gathers the intellectual insights borne from these developments into an accessible, interdisciplinary introduction...
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    135,58 €

  • Iran Doubles Down on Terror and Turmoil
    National Council of Resistance of Iran / NCRI U.S. Representative Office / NCRI U.SRepresentative Office / NCRI- US
    This book examines the motivation behind the regime’s political and economic strategy by considering three areas: terrorism including in Europe and the United States, incitement of regional conflicts, and the ballistic missile threat.Failing to quell growing popular protests against their rule, the mullahs have opted to bolster domestic suppression with blatant terrorism and in...
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    17,51 €

  • Labour, state and society in rural India
    Jonathan Pattenden
    Drawing on fieldwork in rural South India over more than a decade, the book uses a ’class-relational’ approach that focuses on ’the poor’s’ iniquitous relations with others. ...
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    46,92 €

  • Digital Activism and Cyberconflicts in Nigeria
    Shola A. Olabode
    This book offers fresh insights on digital activism and cyberconflicts through a comparison of sociopolitical and ethnoreligious movements in Nigeria. Occupy Nigeria, Boko Haram and The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) highlight the digital and organizational aspects of conflict mobilization in contemporary Nigeria. ...
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    160,63 €


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