The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians - Tapa blanda

"The Lessons of Terror is so earnest, so well informed and so outrageous...that almost any reader will find something to love and something that will make you want to throw the book across the room. It is, in short, pure Carr."--Newsweek

"After the deadly attacks against the United States, many Americans now may view Carr's earlier arguments as prescient and his approach as the only one that has a chance of working. The Lessons of Terror is fascinating to read and provocative in the best sense of the word." --The Christian Science Monitor

"A provocative history of warfare against civilians from Roman times to the present."--Time

"It crosses political boundaries. It offends and provokes, refreshes and energizes."--Chicago Sun-Times

Documents how terrorism has been used throughout the past two thousand years, providing critical historical context for understanding modern terrorism while explaining why it is a self-defeating practice. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.