The United States and terrorism : an ironic perspective /
Terrorism didn't always get bad press. In fact, terror bombing was indispensable to winning World War II, and during the Cold War the threat of nuclear annihilation became the strategy to deter war between the superpowers. In this work, Ron Hirschbein discusses the competing definitions of terr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2015]
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Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Terrorism didn't always get bad press. In fact, terror bombing was indispensable to winning World War II, and during the Cold War the threat of nuclear annihilation became the strategy to deter war between the superpowers. In this work, Ron Hirschbein discusses the competing definitions of terrorism and shows how the notion of terrorism has evolved since World War II from being a tool to win the war to becoming the United States' nemesis. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781442237797 1442237791 |