International Terrorism: Challenge and Response ; [the Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism]

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BenjÄ mîn NetanyÄ hû
Transaction Publishers, Jun 1, 1981 - History - 383 pages

In 1979, several world reknowned politicians, ambassadors, academicians, and journalists met at the Jerusalem Conference on Terrorism to discuss the origins, nature, and future of terrorism and to propose measures for combatting and defeating the international terror movements. This conference marked a turning point in the world's understanding of the problem of terrorism and what has to be done about it. This excellent collection of articles expressing a broad range of political opinion on terrorism makes available for the first time the contents of that conference.

 

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Contents

OPENING REMARKS
1
THE THREAT AND THE RESPONSE
6
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF TERRORISM
10
THE TYRANNY OF TERRORISM
21
TERRORISM AS A WEAPON IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
31
FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND TERRORISTS
37
STATE SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
45
OPENING REMARKS
47
DEMOCRACY AND TERRORISM
199
CALCULATING THE PUBLIC INTEREST
206
Questions and Answers
212
TERRORISM AND THE MEDIA
219
THE CASE OF WEST GERMANY
221
CAGING THE BEASTS
228
THE SUBTLE COLLUSION
233
THE NEED FOR CLARITY
240

THE ROOTS OF THE INVOLVEMENT
56
SOVIET SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
62
ARAB STATE SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM
71
OVERCOMING THE CLIMATE OF APPEASEMENT
77
THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
88
Questions and Answers
99
THE THREAT POSED BY TERRORISM TO DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES
107
OPENING REMARKS
109
TERRORISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY
113
THE THREAT OF TERRORISM IN A BROADER CONCEPT
120
THE TERRORIST STATE
126
THE ARAB WORLD OIL AND TERRORISM
133
THE SPECTRE OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM
139
CAN NUCLEAR TERRORISM BE NEUTRALIZED?
144
Questions and Answers
153
CURRENT RESPONSE OF DEMOCRATIC SOCITIES
158
OPENING REMARKS
160
THE DUTCH RESPONSE
163
PUBLIC OPINION INTELLECTUALS AND TERRORISM IN WESTERN EUROPE
170
THE IRISH RESPONSE
178
THE UNSEEN HAND
185
ITALIAN RESPONSES
194
A POLITICS OF FREEDOM IS THE ANSWER
243
LIBERTY OR LICENSE?
248
Questions and Answers
251
PROPOSED COUNTERMEASURES FOR THE DEMOCRATIC WORLD
261
OPENING REMARKS
263
TERROR IN IRELAND AND BRITAINS RESPONSE
274
MAINTAINING THE BALANCE
281
PROTECTING THE AIRWAYS
287
LEGAL MEASURES TO CONTROL TERRORISM IN DEMOCRACIES
292
PREEMPTING TERROR
305
FIGHTING TERROR WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK
311
NO TO TERRORISM IN ANY GUISE
316
THE CHALLENGE TO FREE MEN
323
TERRORISM AND THE GULAG
328
THE US AND THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
330
THE PREFERRED ROUTE
336
THE MYTH AND THE REALITY OF THE PLO
341
THE CURSE OF COMPLICITY
348
LORD CHALFONTS CLOSING REMARKS
357
INDEX
361
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