Barney Frank and the Law of Unintended Consequences: How the Frank Amendment Helped Terrorists get Legal Visas
ISBN: 9780595359486 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mr. Morse exposes the disastrous results stemming from the well-intentioned but inept meddling of Rep. Barney Frank in Immigration matters over his 25-year career in Congress. An understanding of the effects of Rep. Frank's legislation, which made it possible for terrorists and those who aid them to enter the United States with legal visas, will hopefully lead to corrective action.
Mr. Morse exposes the disastrous results stemming from the well-intentioned but inept meddling of Rep. Barney Frank in Immigration matters over his 25...
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44,50 zł |
Holy War: The Blood of Abraham
ISBN: 9780595663170 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Holy War: The Blood of Abraham" is a book about the origins of Islamic terrorism.
It addresses two of the most important questions facing the world today: What is the role of the religions of Abraham in present world conflict? It exposes the underlying flaws that are built into each of these three religious belief systems and, although it leaves it to the reader to decide, argues that culpability for Islamic terrorism lies not only with the failures of Islam, but also with the failures of Judaism and Christianity. It... "Holy War: The Blood of Abraham" is a book about the origins of Islamic terrorism.
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121,71 zł |
Fahrenheit 9-12: Rebuttal to Fahrenheit 9/11
ISBN: 9780595670000 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The film "Fahrenheit 9/11" convinces nearly all who see it--and believe it--that George Bush was unfit to lead on 9/11 and beyond. "Fahrenheit 9-12"--this book--convinces nearly all who read it that a review of the sources of virtually every frame and every claim in the film reveals that virtually everything in "Fahrenheit 9/11" is arguably misleading or inaccurate. Fahrenheit 9-12 is not for everyone--it is just for those intellectually honest people who hate President Bush, as well as for those who do not. The Bush-bashers are doomed to four years of misery and frustration unless the...
The film "Fahrenheit 9/11" convinces nearly all who see it--and believe it--that George Bush was unfit to lead on 9/11 and beyond. "Fahrenheit 9-12"--...
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105,45 zł |
Terrorism as a Political Philosophy: A Comprehensive Analysis with a Unique and Controversial Perspective
ISBN: 9780595745814 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most complete book on terrorism to-date, with glossary and index. Political, historical, and ethical analyses.
The most complete book on terrorism to-date, with glossary and index. Political, historical, and ethical analyses.
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137,96 zł |
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror
ISBN: 9780691123936 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Must we fight terrorism with terror, match assassination with assassination, and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect public safety? In the age of terrorism, the temptations of ruthlessness can be overwhelming. But we are pulled in the other direction too by the anxiety that a violent response to violence makes us morally indistinguishable from our enemies. There is perhaps no greater political challenge today than trying to win the war against terror without losing our democratic souls. Michael Ignatieff confronts this challenge head-on, with the... Must we fight terrorism with terror, match assassination with assassination, and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect p... |
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168,39 zł |
My Life Is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing
ISBN: 9780691126159 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What kind of people are suicide bombers? How do they justify their actions? In this meticulously researched and sensitively written book, journalist Christoph Reuter argues that popular views of these young men and women--as crazed fanatics or brainwashed automatons--fall short of the mark. In many cases these modern-day martyrs are well-educated young adults who turn themselves into human bombs willingly and eagerly--to exact revenge on a more powerful enemy, perceived as both unjust and oppressive. Suicide assassins are determined to make a difference, for once in their lives, no matter... What kind of people are suicide bombers? How do they justify their actions? In this meticulously researched and sensitively written book, journalis... |
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162,86 zł |
Terror from the Extreme Right
ISBN: 9780714641966 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this first general and comparative volume to focus on right-wing terrorism, case studies explore militant groups in North America, South Africa, Japan, Italy, Germany and Scandinavia.
In this first general and comparative volume to focus on right-wing terrorism, case studies explore militant groups in North America, South Africa, Ja...
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170,13 zł |
Western Responses to Terrorism
ISBN: 9780714645216 / Angielski / Twarda / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume combines case studies of national responses to terrorism with analyses of conceptual, political, economic and data-collection problems surrounding the control of terrorism in democratic societies since the mid-seventies.
This volume combines case studies of national responses to terrorism with analyses of conceptual, political, economic and data-collection problems sur...
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747,78 zł |
Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism : Patterns and Predictions
ISBN: 9780714652610 / Angielski / Twarda / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions is devoted to understanding how international terrorism is shaped, how it evolves over time and what we are to expect in the future. The book offers a fresh contribution to the terrorism literature by drawing upon research and methods outside the traditional terrorism research genre, and by taking both a theoretical approach and a practical predictive perspective that is surprisingly unusual in the field. While predicting terrorism is a highly speculative business, there are ways of identifying certain long-term causes,...
Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions is devoted to understanding how international terrorism is shaped, how it evolves ...
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696,20 zł |
Research on Terrorism: Trends, Achievements and Failures
ISBN: 9780714653112 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together leading international experts in the world of terrorism research and counterterrorism policy-making. It has three clear areas of focus:
This is essential reading for all students of politics and security studies and scholars with an interest in terrorism and policy-making. This book brings together leading international experts in the world of terrorism research and counterterrorism policy-making. It has three... |
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773,57 zł |
Nato's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe
ISBN: 9780714656076 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military secret services, set up a network of clandestine anti-communist armies in Western Europe after World War II. These secret soldiers were trained on remote islands in the Mediterranean and in unorthodox warfare centres in England and in the United States by the Green Berets and SAS Special Forces. The network was armed with explosives, machine guns and high-tech communication equipment hidden in underground bunkers and secret arms caches... This fascinating new study shows how the CIA and the British secret service, in collaboration with the military alliance NATO and European military... |
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799,34 zł |
Can the War on Terrorism Be Won?
ISBN: 9780737719741 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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150,24 zł |
A Faceless Enemy: The Origins of Modern Terrorism
ISBN: 9780738207575 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network is only one of hundreds of terrorist organizations around the world. Others wait for their own cues to follow similar scripts for using modern technologies to terrorize vulnerable populations. In A Faceless Enemy, Glenn Schweitzer provides a sweeping history of the technologies that are at the heart of this new and deadly terrorism and gives us a fuller understanding of the relationships between terrorists and drug traffickers, the potential threat of cyberterrorism, and the now very tangible risks posed by bioterrorism and chemoterrorism. Based on the...
Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network is only one of hundreds of terrorist organizations around the world. Others wait for their own cues to follow simil...
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89,36 zł |
Terrorists Among Us: The Militia Threat
ISBN: 9780738207667 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the events of Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Oklahoma City, the American militia movement emerged from the obscurity of secluded cabins and survivalist meetings into the national media spotlight.Yet how much do we really know about these radical groups determined to wage war against the American government? In this eye-opening look at the militia movement, Captain Robert L. Snow provides a chilling portrayal of the explosive cauldron of hate brewing across our nation. He takes us behind the scenes to expose the militias' extreme military-style training tactics; their trade and sale of banned...
With the events of Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Oklahoma City, the American militia movement emerged from the obscurity of secluded cabins and survivalist me...
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112,59 zł |
Comparative Philosophy and Religion in Times of Terror
ISBN: 9780739109960 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, concerns about violence, terror, and terrorism have dominated our contemporary lifestyle. Is religion a part of the problem or the solution? Can philosophical reflection help us to understand terror, violence, and insecurity? Can comparative philosophy and religion help us to overcome ethnocentrism, dangerous stereotypes, and think about new approaches to violence and terror? The authors of these timely studies provide brilliant insight into violence and terror as formulated by Plato, Aristotle, the Buddha, Confucius, Af-Farabi,...
Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, concerns about violence, terror, and terrorism have dominated our contemporary lifestyle. Is...
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510,28 zł |
Warlords Rising: Confronting Violent Non-State Actors
ISBN: 9780739111895 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As non-state armed groups gain greater access to resources and networks through global interconnectivity, they have come to dominate the terrain of illegal trade in drugs, guns, and humans. Warlords Rising arms those confronting the mounting non-state challenge by delivering an innovative, interdisciplinary framework of analysis designed to improve understanding of non-state adversaries in order to affect their development and performance.
As non-state armed groups gain greater access to resources and networks through global interconnectivity, they have come to dominate the terrain of il...
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515,71 zł |
Warlords Rising: Confronting Violent Non-State Actors
ISBN: 9780739111901 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As non-state armed groups gain greater access to resources and networks through global interconnectivity, they have come to dominate the terrain of illegal trade in drugs, guns, and humans. Warlords Rising arms those confronting the mounting non-state challenge by delivering an innovative, interdisciplinary framework of analysis designed to improve understanding of non-state adversaries in order to affect their development and performance.
As non-state armed groups gain greater access to resources and networks through global interconnectivity, they have come to dominate the terrain of il...
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233,43 zł |
Comparative Philosophy and Religion in Times of Terror
ISBN: 9780739116173 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, concerns about violence, terror, and terrorism have dominated our contemporary lifestyle. Is religion a part of the problem or the solution? Can philosophical reflection help us to understand terror, violence, and insecurity? Can comparative philosophy and religion help us to overcome ethnocentrism, dangerous stereotypes, and think about new approaches to violence and terror? The authors of these timely studies provide brilliant insight into violence and terror as formulated by Plato, Aristotle, the Buddha, Confucius, Af-Farabi,...
Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, concerns about violence, terror, and terrorism have dominated our contemporary lifestyle. Is...
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228,00 zł |
Crisis Communications: Lessons from September 11
ISBN: 9780742525436 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important role both in conveying information and in coping with the disaster. Building on such events and lessons, Crisis Communications features an international cast of top contributors exploring emergency communications during crisis. Together, they evaluate the use, performance, and effects of traditional...
On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and b...
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249,71 zł |
Profiles in Terror: A Guide to Middle East Terrorist Organizations
ISBN: 9780742535251 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a ready-reference trade book profiling twenty terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East and the regional groups that are affiliated with these organizations.
This is a ready-reference trade book profiling twenty terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East and the regional groups that are affiliated...
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174,53 zł |