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The lessons of terror : a history of warfare against civilians : why it has always failed and why it will fail again / Caleb Carr.

Summary:

Details how warfare has always targeted civilians, and argues that brutality never achieves its goals, but instead leads to resentment followed by even bloodier retaliation.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375508430
  • ISBN: 9780375508431
  • Physical Description: xiv, 272 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2002]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A catastrophe, not a cure -- Dulce bellum inexpertis -- Industry and cunning -- Covenants without the sword -- Honor has no effect on them -- To preach hatred -- Violence to its utmost bounds -- Fascinated by terror -- This fundamentally repugnant philosophy -- Shake hands with murder -- Profit or preservation?
Subject: Terrorism.
Terrorism > History.
Atrocities > History.
War crimes > History.
State-sponsored terrorism > History.

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