Terror in Our Time

Booth (international politics, Aberystwyth U.) and Duune (international relations, U. of Queensland) present an analysis of the broad and particular circumstances surrounding the World Trade Center attack in 2001. They explore pathologies of the current world order that have led to terrorism and those that promise to lead to a more democratic, less militarized world. One of the major themes of the book is to humanize the terrorist to better see our own potential complicity in acts of terrorism. Divided into two sections--one on terror and danger, the other on world order and security--specific chapters look at terror, wars, representations of evil, America and Islam in the world order, governance, and democracy. An appendix of statistical data on terrorist attacks since 9/11 is provided. It includes State and non-State terrorism, details of mass atrocity, and a comparison of casualties from State and non-State terrorism. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ken Booth is Senior Research Associate in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, where he was previously EH Carr Professor and Head of Department. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and Editor of the journal International Relations. Among his many books are Theory of World Security (2007) and the edited volume Realism and World Politics (Routledge 2011).

Tim Dunne is Professor of International Relations in the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, where he is also Research Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. He has written and edited several books, including Worlds in Collision with Ken Booth (2002). He is currently an Editor of the European Journal of International Relations.