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[EAN: 9781234250737], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 64 pages. Original publisher: Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U. S. Ar… More...

[EAN: 9781234250737], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 64 pages. Original publisher: Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U. S. Army War College, 2003 OCLC Number: (OCoLC)54015517 Subject: War on Terrorism, 2001- Excerpt: . . . last resort of free men and women facing intolerable persecution, argues Laqueur. In such conditions, terrorism could be a moral imperative rather than a crime--the killing of Hitler or Stalin early 20 on in his career would have saved the lives of millions of people. In short, in circumstances where the choice is between one of two evils, might selection of a lesser evil be justifi ed The United States chose to fi ght alongside Stalin to defeat Hitler, and it effectively became a co-belligerent with Saddam Hussein in Iraqs war with the Ayatollah Khomeinis Iran. In both cases, the United States allied itself with two of the 20th centurys greatest practitioners of state terrorism for the purpose of defeating what it at the time regarded as the greater evil. Morally black and white choices are scarce in a gray world. One mans terrorist can in fact be anothers patriot. Is an armed Kurd a freedom fi ghter in Iraq but a terrorist in Turkey asks Tony Judt. Were al-Qaeda volunteers terrorists when they joined the U. S. 21 financed war against the Soviets in Afghanistan To be sure, consensus on the defi nition of terrorism is hardly necessary to prosecute counterterrorist operations against specifi c terrorist organizations. We know a terrorist act when we see one, and we know that al-Qaeda is an enemy. But lack of defi nitional consensus does impede the study of terrorism, which is a necessary component of dealing with the phenomenon itself. THE GWOT: THREAT POSTULATION Identifying the Threats. The administration has elaborated its views on the GWOT, including the threat to which the GWOT is a response, in a host of public statements and documents, including The National Security Strategy of the United States of America and National Strategy for Combating Terrorism. Chapter II. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 9781234250737

U. S. Government, Increase Allen Lapham,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books Report-on-the-Disastrous-Effects-of-the-Destruction-of-Forest-Trees-Now-Go… More...

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