This book charts a path through the outpouring of efforts to understand and explain modern terrorism, by asking what makes terrorism different from other forms of political, military action; what makes it effective; and what can be done about it. It unravels complex central questions such as whether terrorists are criminals, whether terrorism is a ...
How has war shaped modern society and vice versa? How has it changed over the centuries between the introduction of firearms and the invention of the atom bomb? How is war waged today? This excitingly illustrated book examines the techniques, technology, and theory of warfare from the 'military revolution' of the seventeenth century to the present ...
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There has long been a need for a straightforward but vigorous account of twentieth-century Ireland. Some books begin in or about 1922, which makes it difficult to contextualise the conflicts of the 1920s, conflicts that have remained central to the structure of politics in Ireland. Northern Ireland is frequently dealt with awkwardly (as a sort of ...
Ireland's Easter Rising of 1916 is one of the handful of modern historical events that instantly created its own mythology and changed millions of lives forever. Charles Townshend's remarkable new book vividly re-creates this extraordinary time when, as Irish insurgents rose up and occupied Dublin, as British artillery retaliated ferociously and ...
In recent years, such episodes as the death of Blair Peach, the Miners' Strike, the Scarman Report, and the Ponting and Stalker affairs have raised serious doubts as to whether the 'British trick' of maintaing law and order by consensus is still feasible. Beginning with the Swing, Chartist, and Plug Riots, Charles Towshend shows how public order ...
Offering a comprehensive study of the whole process of state-building since 1800, this text considers the contemporary state as well as the supra-states (such as the European Union). Drawing on the late-1990s debates on secessions within the United Kingdom, this book analyzes the British state today and its place in the future.
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
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This book explores the prospects for political consensus in Ireland and asks why it has proved so hard to achieve. It offers historical, legal, sociological and political approaches to the issue and examines the consequences of political initiatives and constitutional changes over the last 15 years in Northern Ireland. Included are a major survey ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 01/2006
ISBN-13:9780198204275ISBN:0198204272
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 392 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
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