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• Date: 01 January 1979
• DOI: 10.1177/000271627944100121
• Published date: 01 January 1979
• Author: Frans J. Schryer
• Subject Matter: Articles

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four case studies? Are her units of analy-
terrorism will not simply fade away, and
sis comparable? To what extent is the
it is important that we study it care-
role of context, values, meaning, and
fully to ascertain its effect on society in
symbolism crucial in her analysis of the
general and the so-called western govern-
four cases? How useful is her style of
ments and societies in particular. This is
analysis for theory construction? How
an extremely ambitious undertaking.
relevant is this volume to events in
Wilkinson is not modest in his goals. As
Southeast and East Asia-Marcos’ Phil-
he himself describes it in the preface
ippines or Park’s Korea?
&dquo;a main concern of the present work is
The questions posed do not in any way
to try to improve our understanding of
detract from Trimberger’s imaginative,
the problem of terrorism against the
interesting, and challenging publica-
whole background of contemporary in-
tion. The author and her publisher are to
ternational relations and continuing
be congratulated for this volume of high
ideological conflict.&dquo;
quality and readability.
This study is interesting primarily
because it is
MARIO D. ZAMORA
so ambitious. The author
does not deal in minutiae. He asks the
The College of William and Mary
big questions. For example, are there
Virginia
any circumstances when terrorism can
be morally justifiable in a liberal demo-
cratic
PAUL WILKINSON. Terrorism and the
society. He poses a number of
such
Liberal State.
pointed
Pp.
questions; in the heart of
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the book he concentrates on the peculiar
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problems which revolutionary politi-
cal terrorism raises in liberal democ-
It is possible that no single word pro-
racies. In this section he also discusses
vokes stronger emotions and reactions in
and evaluates the means which a liberal
the modern world than the word ter-
democratic state can use to prevent and
rorism. Terrorists and their activities of-
deter...