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Article: The Terrorism Ahead: Confronting Transnational Violence in the Twenty-First Century.(Book review)
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- Contemporary Southeast Asia
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- August 1, 2008
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The Terrorism Ahead: Confronting Transnational Violence in the Twenty-First Century. By Paul J. Smith. New York and London: M.E. Sharpe. Soft cover: 257pp.
Since the A1 Qaeda attacks of 11 September 2001, there have been as many experts as there have been theories on the whys and wherefores of terrorism. The air is thick with sound bites and quotable quotes generated by an army of analysts and security experts who have rushed in to fill the public thirst for news and fuel the media's quest for headlines. Into this inevitable, but not exactly helpful environment, comes Paul Smith's book, cutting through the jargon with a lucid, nuanced, carefully researched ...