Wars, insurgencies, and terrorist attacks : (Record no. 62826)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01705 a2200181 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780199060139 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 327.7301767090511 |
| Item number | UNW |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Unaiza Niaz |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Wars, insurgencies, and terrorist attacks : |
| Sub Title | : a psychosocial perspective from the Muslim world |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Unaiza Niaz |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Oxford: |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxi, 364p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | HB |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Most wars, insurgencies and terrorist attacks are in the Muslim World. This is not a coincidence; understanding this phenomenon in its political and psychosocial perspectives is vital. An attempt is made to analyze these observable facts in a comprehensive, academic method why such incidents are more prevalent is the Muslim countries. It is crucial to understand the dynamics, the frustrations and the political system in the Muslim World. The author attempts to scrutinize and synthesize what has been reported from the scientific and professional literature. History of terrorism whether in the past or present is clarified Different theories of psychopathologies of terrorism and the theoretical, biological, social and psychological approaches are discussed in understanding these phenomena. The wars in the Muslim World in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries whether in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Algeria, Lebanon and Struggle of Kashmir's liberation, are discussed with the psychiatric aftermath on the civilians, validated by the guest authors from Muslim World. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Eng |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political violence -Islamic countries -Psychological aspects |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Islamic countries -Politics and government |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Price effective from | Permanent Location | Not for loan | Date acquired | Koha item type | Accession Number | Lost status | Damaged status | Shelving location | Withdrawn status | Current Location | Full call number |
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| 2016-06-03 | Central Library AIOU Islamabad | 2012-05-14 | Books | 115695 | General Stacks | Central Library AIOU Islamabad | 327.7301767090511 UNW |