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International Terrorism:Role ,Responsibility And Operation Of Media Channles, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr
International Terrorism:Role ,Responsibility And Operation Of Media Channles, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr
Ratnesh Dwivedi
"Terrorism" is a term that cannot be given a stable defintion. Or rather, it can, but to do so forstalls any attempt to examine the major feature of its relation to television in the contemporary world. As the central public arena for organising ways of picturing and talking about social and political life, TV plays a pivotal role in the contest between competing defintions, accounts and explanations of terrorism. Which term is used in any particular context is inextricably tied to judgemements about the legitimacy of the action in question and of the political system against which it is directed. …
Iraq And The Challenge Of Counterinsurgency, Thomas Mockaitis
Iraq And The Challenge Of Counterinsurgency, Thomas Mockaitis
Thomas R Mockaitis
This book situates the Iraq War within its regional context and the history of US counterinsurgency campaigns. It argues that after a failed attempt to take a conventional approach to an unconventional conflict, the US military developed an effective counterinsurgency strategy.
The "New" Terrorism: Myths And Reality, Thomas Mockaitis
The "New" Terrorism: Myths And Reality, Thomas Mockaitis
Thomas R Mockaitis
The book examins contemporary terrorism within its historical context to discern continuities and change in terrorist activities and ideology. It rejects the idea of a "global war on terrorism" in favor of a long struggle to reduce terrorist threats while eliminating the root causes of terrorism.