Confronting terrorism: British Experiences past and present

Confronting terrorism has been a principal objective of the United States and other Western governments since the mid-1990s. The watershed of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 harnessed calls for more comprehensive and sophisticated counter-terrorism strategies to be instigated on a global basis. By extensi...

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Publicado no:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs,
Autor principal: Sinclair, Georgina
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado em: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2015
Acesso em linha:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Resumo:Confronting terrorism has been a principal objective of the United States and other Western governments since the mid-1990s. The watershed of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 harnessed calls for more comprehensive and sophisticated counter-terrorism strategies to be instigated on a global basis. By extension the United Kingdom has a history of confronting terrorist challenges both domestically and overseas, within a colonial and post-colonial context and later in collaboration with its European and ...