SILVIO BERETTA

Terrorismo internazionale: un'introduzione bibliografica

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Settembre-Dicembre 2007

Anno LXXII    n. 3

Summary - In this introduction, which is not a survey, but instead a selective and personal view of some approaches to the subject of the volume (international, or transnational, terrorism), the a., first of all, emphasizes the fact that in the foreign (mainly in the American) literature the topic has been thoroughly stressed since many years. The recent literature is briefly examined in the following respects: 1) the variety of the analytical perspectives, 2) the relevance of the islamic context, 3) the utilization of analytical tools peculiar to particular subjects.