Terrorism : opposing viewpoints /
Bonnie Szumski, book editor.
- 240 pages : illustrations 23 cm.
- Opposing viewpoints series .
- Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered) .
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 231-235.
All political violence is terrorism / Vice President's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism -- All political violence is not terrorism / Charles William Maynes -- Terrorism is criminal activity / David G. Hubbard -- Terrorism is international warfare / Robert H. Kupperman -- Terrorism is murder / Charles Krauthammer -- Terrorists act to achieve freedom / Robin Wright -- Terrorists' causes are lies / Benzion Netanyahu -- Terrorists struggle against oppressive governments / Eqbal Ahmad -- Economics -- not oppression -- motivates terrorists / Bill Anderson -- Media publicity causes terrorism / John O'Sullivan -- The media must report terrorism / Katharine Graham -- Terrorism is sometimes justified / Martin Oppenheimer -- Terrorism is never justified / William McGurn -- IRA terrorism is justified / John M. Feehan -- IRA terrorism is not justified / Ian Paisley, Nora Bradford, and John Taylor -- The Palestinian goal justifies terrorism / Abu Nidal -- Terrorist goals do not justify terrorism / Jeane J. Kirkpatrick -- US support of terrorists is immoral / The Progressive -- US support of terrorists is necessary / Geoffrey Kemp -- US-sponsored contras are terrorists / Edgar Chamorro -- US-sponsored contras are freedom fighters / Adolfo Calero, Arturo José Cruz, and Alfonso Robelo Callejas -- The Soviet Union sponsors terrorism / Samuel T. Francis -- Soviet-backed terrorism is US propaganda / Edward S. Herman -- Afghan rebels are freedom fighters / Jack Wheeler -- Afghan rebels are terrorists / G. Ustinov -- Both superpowers encourage terrorism / Henry Steele Commager -- Terrorism can be eliminated / Benjamin Netanyahu -- Terrorism cannot be eliminated / Brian Michael Jenkins -- The US must retaliate against terrorists states / George P. Shultz -- Retaliatory attacks will not eliminate terrorism / George Ball -- Terrorists should be given stricter penalties / Elliot Rothenberg -- Stricter penalties will not eliminate terrorism / William O. Beeman -- Covert operations can fight terrorism / Michael Ledeen -- Covert operations are terrorism / Revolutionary Worker.
Presents opposing viewpoints debating the causes and consequences of and solutions to terrorism: includes views by terrorists as well as by political and social experts.