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The West's Road to 9/11

Resisting, Appeasing and Encouraging Terrorism Since 1970

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  1. David Carlton

    1. University of Warwick, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • David Carlton
      Pages 1-11

  4. The 1980s: Resisting, Appeasing and Sponsoring Terrorism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The 1980s: The West’s Collective Response to Terrorism

      • David Carlton
      Pages 121-127

    3. The 1980s: Resisting Terrorism

      • David Carlton
      Pages 128-140

    4. The 1980s: Appeasing Terrorism

      • David Carlton
      Pages 141-171

    5. The 1980s: Encouraging and Sponsoring Terrorism

      • David Carlton
      Pages 172-187

  5. The 1970s: Appeasing Terrorism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. The 1990s: Business-as-Usual: Resisting, Appeasing and Sponsoring Terrorism

      • David Carlton
      Pages 191-228

    3. The 1990s: Business-not-as-Usual: In Awe of Terrorism

      • David Carlton
      Pages 229-254

  6. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255
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    2. 9/11 as a Catalyst for Consistency?

      • David Carlton
      Pages 257-278

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 279-297
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The West's Road to 9/11 offers a detailed explanation of the handling of the challenge of terrorism by the USA, the UK and the West over the last thirty years. David Carlton contends that anti-terrorist rhetoric by the Governments of the West frequently masked indifference to the activities of many practitioners of non-state violence; and that in the case of the United States it did not hesitate even to sponsor those terrorist movements if deemed supportive of its wider geopolitical objectives.

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'9/11 generated a proliferation of studies on different aspects of the most devastating terrorist attack in human history. David Carlton, an accomplished chronicler of contemporary political and strategic developments, makes an important contribution to better understand the complex factors that appeased and encouraged modern terrorism since the 1970s. His sober account and analysis should serve as an intellectual wake-up call to the West to seriously ponder future threats, both conventional and unconventional, and craft realistic strategies to combat this unprecedented challenge to the survival of civilization itself.' - Professor Yonah Alexander, Director, Inter-University Centre for Terrorism Studies, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Warwick, UK

    David Carlton

About the author

DAVID CARLTON is a Senior Lecturer in International Studies at the University of Warwick. He is the author of MacDonald versus Henderson (1970); Anthony Eden: A Biography (1981); Britain and the Suez Crisis (1988); Churchill and the Soviet Union (2000) and numerous academic articles. He has also co-edited twenty-one further books.

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