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"President George W. Bush maintained in his address of 20 September 2001, that the successful prosecution of the war against terrorism will require the judicious use of 'every resource at our command - every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war'. Unlike the Cold War, the War on Terrorism is neither a battle against some ideology nor bounded by physical boundaries or conventional political units such as nation-states. The War on Terrorism is the internationalisation, or rather, globalisation of previous wars. Terror is not a nation, and the enemies in such wars are not nations; any regime such as Libya simply by repudiating terrorism, can become an ally of the anti-terror coalition. Regimes that continue to practice terrorism against domestic opponents qualify to participate in the wider war if they conform to certain norms in external affairs. The 28 articles reprinted here consider aspects of that most amorphous of animals - the War on Terrorism. They do not set out to provide all of the answers; nor do they radiate a unified vision of what constitutes the war on terrorism; the pieces begin from a range of political and intellectual outlooks. Taken as a group, however, the difficulties of determining the limits and nature of the war on terrorism receive important attention. The authors address several major themes within the war on terrorism: what falls within its perimeters, its shifting manifestations, implications, responses and future directions."--Provided by publisher.

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION /Gail M. Presbey -- THE NEW REIGN OF TERROR: THE POLITICS OF DEFINING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND TERRORISM /William C. Gay -- ENFORCED HOMOGENEITY OR MUTUAL DIFFERENCE? LUCE IRIGARAY, THE WAR ON TERRORISM, AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE /Jennifer L. Eagan -- RESPONSIBILITY AND/IN CRISIS /Dianna Taylor -- JIHAD OR THE BELOVED COMMUNITY? BENJAMIN R. BARBER ON TERRORISM AND GLOBAL DEMOCRACY /Mar Peter-Raoul -- VIOLENCE, POWER, AND IDENTITY: WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF TERRORISM? /Richard Peterson -- CRISIS, TERROR, AND TYRANNY: ON THE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC LOGIC OF EMPIRE /Peter Amato -- BUSH'S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: A CRITIQUE OF UNITED STATES' NEO-IMPERIALISM /William C. Gay -- WOULD THE UNITED STATES DOCTRINE OF PREVENTIVE WAR BE JUSTIFIED AS A UNITED NATIONS DOCTRINE? /Harry van der Linden -- IS THE UNITED STATES-LED OCCUPATION OF IRAQ PART OF THE "WAR ON TERROR"? /Gail M. Presbey -- THE MORTAL GOD TO WHICH WE OWE OUR PEACE AND DEFENSE /D. R. Koukal -- CONSEQUENTIALISM, NEGATIVE RESPONSIBILITY, AND SACRIFICE: MORAL DILEMMAS POSED BY THE POSTSEPTEMBER 11TH "SHOOTDOWN" POLICY /Edward J. Grippe -- JESSICA LYNCH: MULTIPLE IMAGES, MULTIPLE REALITIES /Laura Duhan Kaplan -- RUSSIA, CHECHNYA, AND THE GLOBAL WAR AGAINST TERRORISM /Oidinposha Imamkhodjaeva -- ETHICS OF TERRORISM AND THE CASE OF COLOMBIA /Joseph C. Kunkel -- TERRORISM AND DETERRENT VIOLENCE: A CRITIQUE OF ISRAEL'S JUSTIFICATION OF MILITARY VIOLENCE /Rob Gildert -- THE ROLE OF CENTRAL ASIA IN THE "WAR AGAINST TERRORISM" /Oidinposha Imamkhodjaeva -- SECURING HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH WAR AND PEACE: FROM PARADOX TO OPPORTUNITY /Harry Anastasiou and Robert Gould -- DILEMMAS OF INTERVENTION: HUMAN RIGHTS AND NEO-COLONIALISM /Richard Peterson -- WAR AND PEACE IN CHRISTIAN TRADITION: WHY I AM AN ENGAGED CHRISTIAN PACIFIST /John David Geib -- EMMANUEL LEVINAS: FROM "INNOCENT VIOLENCES" TO THE ETHICAL "JUST WAR" /Wendy C. Hamblet -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX -- VIBS.

We are supposed to wage war against Terrorism - but exactly what we are fighting against in this war, there is nearly no consensus about. And, much worse, nearly nobody cares about this conceptual disaster - the main thing being, whether or not you are taking sides with the good guys. This volume is an analytical attempt to end this disaster. What is Terrorism? Are terrorist acts to be defined exclusively on the basis of the characteristics of the respective actions? Or should we restrict such actions to acts performed by non-state organisations? And, most important, is terrorism already by its very nature to be morally condemned? But, having a clear idea of what Terrorism is, would be only the beginning. Rational moral assessment still needs two further components: The relevant facts; and the relevant values and norms. Now, in a field where systematic disinformation has been even proclaimed to be the official policy, facts are obviously very hard to get at. This volume is mainly interested in Ethics: What's wrong with Terrorism? And what is morally right or morally wrong, respectively, with all the different means of Counter-Terrorism? What are the moral boundaries for waging war agains terrorism? What are the right ways of dealing with terrorists? And what about the alleged anti-terrorism wars on Afghanistan and Iraq?

Discourse since September 11, 2001 has constrained and shaped public discussion and debate surrounding terrorism worldwide. Social actors in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere employ the language of the "war on terror" to explain, react to, justify and understand a broad range of political, economic and social phenomena. Discourse, War and Terrorism explores the discursive production of identities, the shaping of ideologies, and the formation of collective understandings in response to 9/11 in the United States and around the world. At issue are how enemies are defined a

In counterterrorism circles, the standard response to questions about the possibility of future attacks is the terse one-liner: "Not if, but when." This mantra supposedly conveys a realistic approach to the problem, but, as Joseba Zulaika argues in Terrorism, it functions as a self-fulfilling prophecy. By distorting reality to fit their own worldview, the architects of the War on Terror prompt the behavior they seek to prevent-a twisted logic that has already played out horrifically in Iraq. In short, Zulaika contends, counterterrorism has become pivotal in promoting terrorism. Exploring the b