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  • Doomed to Repeat?

    Terrorism and the Lessons of History

    Edited by Sean Brawley ...
    This collection of scholarly essays explores the role of history in terrorism studies and today's counterterrorism initiatives.In Doomed to Repeat?, scholars, policy makers, and other practitioners explore how a better understanding of the past can help us combat terrorism in the future. The first section establishes a broader context for discussion by examining the connections between history and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The South Seas

    A Reception History from Daniel Defoe to Dorothy Lamour

    by Chris Dixon, Sean Brawley ...
    The South Seas charts the idea of the South Seas in popular cultural productions of the English-speaking world, from the beginnings of the Western enterprise in the Pacific until the eve of the Pacific War. Building on the notion that the influences on the creation of a text, and the ways in which its audience receives the text, are essential for understanding the historical significance of ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Australia's Asian Sporting Context, 1920s – 30s

    Edited by Sean Brawley, Nick Guoth ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    This book examines Australia’s sporting relationships with the Asian region during the interwar period. Until now, Australia’s sporting relationships with the Asian region have been neglected by scholars of Australian and Asian sports history, and the broader field of Australia’s Asian context. Concentrating on the period of the 1920s and 1930s – when sporting relationships between Australia and a ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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  • What Terrorists Want

    Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat

    by Louise Richardson ...
    “This is at the top of my list for best books on terrorism.”–Jessica Stern, author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants KillHow can the most powerful country in the world feel so threatened by an enemy infinitely weaker than we are? How can loving parents and otherwise responsible citizens join terrorist movements? How can anyone possibly believe that the cause of Islam can be ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Enemy Within

    A Tale of Muslim Britain

    by Sayeeda Warsi ...
    'Hard headed, well informed and intellectually coherent ... it turns conventional wisdom on its head. It deserves to promote a public debate on this subject which has been needed for more than 20 years' Peter OborneBritain has often found groups within its borders whom it does not trust, whom it feels have a belief, culture, practice or agenda which runs contrary to those of the majority. From ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • How Terrorism Ends

    Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns

    by Audrey Kurth Cronin ...
    “A landmark study."—Robin Wright, The New YorkerWhy every terrorist movement comes to an end—and how this history can help us combat today's terrorist threatsAmid the fear following 9/11 and more recent terror attacks, it is easy to forget the most important fact about terrorist campaigns: they always come to an end—and often far more quickly than expected. Contrary to what many assume, when it ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Rise of the Extreme Right: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special

    The New Global Extremism and the Threat to Democracy

    by Lydia Khalil ...
    ASIO says right-wing extremism now makes up half its case load, and that it anticipates a terrorist attack on Australian soil within the year. There has been a 250 per cent increase in right-wing terrorism globally. So what exactly is right-wing extremism and how is its potential for violence growing? Why is it a global problem? How does it threaten democracy and what should we do about it? Rise ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction

    by Charles Townshend ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    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 kind of war, what kind of threat terrorism ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Coming of Age in the War on Terror

    by Randa Abdel-Fattah ...
    'One minute you're a 15-year-old girl who loves Netflix and music and the next minute you're looked at as maybe ISIS.' We now have a generation—Muslim and non-Muslim—who has grown up only knowing a world at war on terror, and who has been socialised in a climate of widespread Islamophobia, surveillance, and suspicion. In Coming of Age in the War on Terror, award-winning writer Randa Abdel-Fattah ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Terrorism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Charles Townshend ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Is one person's terrorist another's freedom fighter? Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a 'War on Terror'? For many, the terrorist attacks of September 2001 changed the face of the world, pushing terrorism to the top of political agendas, and leading to a series of world events including the war in Iraq and the invasion of Afghanistan. The recent terror attacks in various European cities have ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Peace Journalism

    by Annabel ...
    Professional journalists Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick draw on 30 years' experience reporting for the BBC, ITV, Sky News, the London Independent and ABC Australia. They teach Peace Journalism in departments of Journalism, and Peace Studies at several universities. They have led training workshops for editors and reporters in many countries, including the UK, USA, Indonesia, the Philippines, ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Contemporary Debates on Terrorism

    Edited by Richard Jackson, Daniela Pisoiu ...
    Contemporary Debates on Terrorism is an innovative textbook, addressing a number of key issues in terrorism studies from both traditional and 'critical' perspectives. This second edition has been revised and updated to cover contemporary issues such as the rise of ISIL and cyberterrorism.In recent years, the terrorism studies field has grown in quantity and quality, with a growing number of ... Read more

    $61.99 USD