An expert in international relations investigates the new sites of domestic and international terrorism developing in our midst as we approach the millennium. Grosscup demonstrates that contrary to what we think, what we don't know about terrorism is substantial, elusive, and dangerous. Photo insert.
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In an updated version of his The Explosions of Terrorism (1987), Grosscup (California State Univ., Chico) is at odds with those experts he labels "neo-conservatives," who view terrorism as springing largely from foreign, left-wing, Islamic fundamentalist or "rogue" state sources. Broadly defining terrorism as indiscriminate violence or the threat of it, he sees it as a permanent feature of international politics, occurring in and abetted by most countries, including the United States. While recent events, such as the Oklahoma City bombing, may tend to support Grosscup's thesis, much of his material, in chapters on American foreign policy, Northern Ireland, Germany, India, Sri Lanka, and the Middle East, is presented verbatim from the 1987 edition. The limited new material cannot justify purchase except by the most comprehensive collections on terrorism.?Gregor A. Preston, formerly with Univ. of California Lib., Davis
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A sanctimonious communist.,
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This review is from: The Newest Explosions of Terrorism (Paperback)
I was made aware of this book after I noticed a reference to "terrorist expert" Beau Grosscup in a recent newspaper article. Having experienced the extremely painful misfortune of actually suffering through an entire semester of personally witnessing this incredibly pompous buffoon wallow in his own egomaniacal ramblings, I highly recommend this book - as catbox liner.Capsule summary of the entirety of Beau's realm of "thought": The entirety of the world's misfortunes are caused by the scheming of malevolent, cruel, evil, capitalist, rich, white, men who maliciously prevent the spread of beneficent communism, in all its splendid and myriad forms. Beau is living proof that obtaining a PhD is neither an indication of intelligence, nor ability.
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Grosscup is a smug pinko at a third-rate university,
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This review is from: The Newest Explosions of Terrorism (Paperback)
This book was so weak. I felt like I was reading a transcript from an NPR broadcast. Grosscup is just another in a line of so-called "experts" from the left. This guy has his head so far up his own ass it's unbelievable. Grosscup would blame America, capitalism and George W. Bush if he got a hangnail. If you want a copy of this book just to wipe your ass with, they are selling for cheaper than a roll of toilet paper in the used section (60 cents, at last check.) Happy wiping!
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