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  • Hindu Nationalism and Terrorism in India

    The Saffron Threat to Democracy

    by Eamon Murphy ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
    This book discusses terrorism and the rise of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India and examines how this movement has become a threat to democracy in the country.The work analyses the rise of Hindu nationalism, culminating in the success of Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the political arm of the movement, in the 2019 Indian national elections. It offers an accessible account of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Islam and Sectarian Violence in Pakistan

    The Terror Within

    by Eamon Murphy ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
    This book analyses the growth of sectarian-based terrorist violence in Pakistan, one of the Muslim majority states most affected by sectarian violence, ever since it was established in 1947.Sectarian violence among Muslims has emerged as a major global security problem in recent years. The author argues that the upsurge in sectarian violence in Pakistan, particularly since the late 1970s, has had ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan

    Historical and Social Roots of Extremism

    by Eamon Murphy ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
    This book explains the origins and nature of terrorism in Pakistan and examines the social, political and economic factors that have contributed to the rise of political violence there.Since 9/11, the state of Pakistan has come to be regarded as the epicentre of terrorist activity committed in the name of Islam. The central argument of this volume suggests that terrorism in Pakistan has, in ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Contemporary State Terrorism

    Theory and Practice

    Edited by Richard Jackson, Eamon Murphy, Scott Poynting ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
    This volume aims to ‘bring the state back into terrorism studies’ and fill the notable gap that currently exists in our understanding of the ways in which states employ terrorism as a political strategy of internal governance or foreign policy.Within this broader context, the volume has a number of specific aims. First, it aims to make the argument that state terrorism is a valid and analytically ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Destroying a Nation

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  • An Uncommon Road: How Canadian Sikhs Struggled out of the Fringes and into the Mainstream

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  • Modi's India

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  • Gujarat Riots: the True Story

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  • A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi`is

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