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Culture of Terrorism.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Chomsky Perspectives SeriesPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (333 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781783712403
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Culture of TerrorismDDC classification:
  • 327.73
LOC classification:
  • E876 -- .C466 1989eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the 2015 Edition -- Preface -- Introduction: The Public and State Violence -- Part One: The Scandals of 1986 -- 1. The Challenge -- 2. The Cultural-Historical Context -- 3. The Problems of Clandestine Terrorism -- 4. The Limits of Scandal -- 5. The Culture of Terrorism -- 6. Damage Control -- 7. The Perils of Diplomacy -- 8. The Reality That Must Be Effaced: Iran and Nicaragua -- Part Two: Further Successes of the Reagan Administration -- 9. Accelerating the Race Towards Destruction -- 10. Controlling "Enemy Territory -- 11. Freedom of Expression in the Free World -- Part Three: The Current Agenda -- 12. The Threat of a Good Example -- 13. The Fledgling Democracies -- 14. Restoring Regional Standards -- 15. Standards for Ourselves -- 16. Prospects -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Dissects the events of 1986 at the height of the Reagan Era and describes American involvement in acts of supreme state terror.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the 2015 Edition -- Preface -- Introduction: The Public and State Violence -- Part One: The Scandals of 1986 -- 1. The Challenge -- 2. The Cultural-Historical Context -- 3. The Problems of Clandestine Terrorism -- 4. The Limits of Scandal -- 5. The Culture of Terrorism -- 6. Damage Control -- 7. The Perils of Diplomacy -- 8. The Reality That Must Be Effaced: Iran and Nicaragua -- Part Two: Further Successes of the Reagan Administration -- 9. Accelerating the Race Towards Destruction -- 10. Controlling "Enemy Territory -- 11. Freedom of Expression in the Free World -- Part Three: The Current Agenda -- 12. The Threat of a Good Example -- 13. The Fledgling Democracies -- 14. Restoring Regional Standards -- 15. Standards for Ourselves -- 16. Prospects -- Notes -- Index.

Dissects the events of 1986 at the height of the Reagan Era and describes American involvement in acts of supreme state terror.

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