Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction

by Charles Townshend

2018 · Oxford University Press

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 shown that terrorism remains a crucial issue today. Charting a clear path through the efforts to understand and explain modern terrorism, Charles Townshend examines the historical, ideological, and local roots of terrorist violence. Starting from the question of why terrorists find it so easy to seize public attention, this new edition analyses the emergence of terrorism as a political strategy, and discusses the objectives which have been pursued by users of this strategy from French revolutionaries to Islamic jihadists. Considering the kinds of groups and individuals who adopt terrorism, Townshend discusses the emergence of ISIS and the upsurge in individual suicide action, and explores the issues involved in finding a proportionate response to the threat they present, particularly by liberal democratic societies. Analysing the growing use of knives and other edged weapons in attacks, and the issue of 'cyberterror', Townshend details the use of counterterrorist measures, from control orders to drone strikes, including the Belgian and French responses to the Brussels, Paris, Nice, and Rouen attacks. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 7)

by Charles N. Mock, Rachel Nugent, Olive Kobusingye, Kirk R. Smith

2017 · World Bank Publications

The substantial burden of death and disability that results from interpersonal violence, road traffic injuries, unintentional injuries, occupational health risks, air pollution, climate change, and inadequate water and sanitation falls disproportionally on low- and middle-income countries. Injury Prevention and Environmental Health addresses the risk factors and presents updated data on the burden, as well as economic analyses of platforms and packages for delivering cost-effective and feasible interventions in these settings. The volume's contributors demonstrate that implementation of a range of prevention strategies-presented in an essential package of interventions and policies-could achieve a convergence in death and disability rates that would avert more than 7.5 million deaths a year.

Travelor's Guide to Ship Museums in the United States

by Charles L. Barnett

2025 · Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

This book comes from the author's passion for traveling, learning, and exploring new adventures. Additionally, a love ships of many types-from the US Navy, the US Coast Guard, other nations-and the contribution of all of them to the history of the United States of America. This book's intention is to provide the reader with a guide to plan trips to the ship museums in the United States. Although there seems to be a rather small market for "coffee-table books," this book is intended as such. The first part is organized to list the ship museums as follows: (1) by state, (2) by city, and (3) by ship's name. The second part contains the appendixes, which organize the ships to aid the reader as follows: Database One listing is as follows: (1) by state, (2) by city, (3) by hull number (if it applies), (4) by page number, (5) by telephone number, (6) by email address, (7) by ship type, and (8) by information source. Database Two listing is as follows: (1) ships name-in more than one way, for example, "USS Alabama" and "Alabama, USS"; (2) by hull number (if it applies); (3) by state; (4) by city; (5) by page number; (6) by phone number; and (7) by email address. The sources of the information are listed in the preface of this book.

Life and Death Of Coral Reefs

by Charles Birkeland

1997 · Springer Science & Business Media

Illustrated throughout, this book presents what is known about factors that "shift the balance" between accretion and erosion, recruitment and mortality, stony corals and filamentous algae, recovery and degradation - the life and death of coral reefs.