Large-Scale Victimisation as a Potential Source of Terrorist Activities: Importance of Regaining Security in Post-Conflict Societies

Large-Scale Victimisation as a Potential Source of Terrorist Activities: Importance of Regaining Security in Post-Conflict Societies

Large-Scale Victimisation as a Potential Source of Terrorist Activities: Importance of Regaining Security in Post-Conflict Societies

eBook
Author(s):NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Large-Scale Victimization Due to Protracted Conflicts as a Potential Source of Terrorist Activities and Regaining Security in Post-Conflict Societies; Uwe Ewald; Ksenija Turković; North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Format: Original PDF
Published year: 2006
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Language: English
ISBN: 9781586036942, 9781607502142

Summary

This publication presents a subject that is, unfortunately, as significant today as it was two years ago. Sadly, this continuing relevance seems to confirm the views of the German radical pacifist Kurt Tucholsky, who stated in response to the atrocities and sufferings of WWI: ''But men never ever learnt from history, and they will not do so in the future. Hic Rhodus!'' Recent events in Iraq, the Middle East, East Timor or the Democratic Republic of Congo, and possible links regarding issues of terrorism, raise the question what criminological and victimological research offers in assisting to.
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