What Terrorists Want by Louise Richardson
Why do seemingly ordinary young men and women volunteer to turn themselves into human bombs? What can we do to stop them? The author investigates these questions. She draws on her contact with real terrorists to show that terrorists are not crazed criminals but rational, ideological actors willing to exploit their own weaknesses to maximum effect.
'Louise Richardson is a world authority on global terrorismHere she brings her unique insights into the motivations of terrorists across the world into a passionate, incisive and groundbreaking argument that provocatively overturns the myths surrounding terrorism.' -- Mary Robinson 'Richardson sweeps aside conventional and woolly notions of terrorism.' -- FT Magazine 'Simply the best thing of its kind available now in this highly crowded area' -- Evening Standard: Robert Fox 'Refreshingly clear.' -- Metro 20060605 'A thoughtful and stimulating study of the greatest security problem facing the world today' -- Deaglan de Breadun, Irish Times 20060624 'Rigorous, lucid and highly readable' -- Bookseller 20060624
Irish-born Louise Richardson is one of the world's experts on international security and terrorism. She is Dean of the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. In addition to her research and teaching she gives lectures to audiences as diverse as corporate executives, the US senate and, most recently, the international conference held in Madrid to mark the first anniversary of the bombing there.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719563072 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719563070 |
| Title | What Terrorists Want |
| Author | Louise Richardson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2007-08-23 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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