The lessons of terror : a history of warfare against civilians : why it has always failed and why it will fail again / Caleb Carr.
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]
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
| 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? |
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| Subject: | Terrorism. Terrorism > History. Atrocities > History. War crimes > History. State-sponsored terrorism > History. |
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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.
