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.
Available copies
- 12 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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| Canton Library | 303.625 (Text) | 33115005543951 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Charles H. Stone Memorial Library | 303.625 CAR (Text) | 40599000495096 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Clemmons Branch | 303.625 C (Text) | 0112512721047 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Elkin Public Library | 303.625 CAR (Text) | 40599000495120 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hoke County Public Library | 341.6 C (Text) | 28198000315846 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Marianna Black Library | 303.625 C (Text) | 39493103699064 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Montgomery County Public Library | 341.773 C (Text) | 38198000361814 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Moore County Library | 341.6 C (Text) | 48198000769410 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | 341.67 CAR (Text) | 0020504784883 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield | 303.625 C (Text) | 38950608516441 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
