17.919 - Imagining terrorism: American conceptions of threat and response
Welcome to 17.919 - Imagining Terrorism.
Before a state can develop a response to a potential threat, it must imagine it. This conception of threat then shapes the institutional responses. This course examines the American conceptions of terrorism and counter-terrorism, and the impact of these imaginational constructs on American foreign policy response. Specific topics to be considered include: the modern history of terrorism, terrorist strategies for winning, terrorism and guerilla war, counter-terror strategies and dilemmas, international terror and the state system, and the legitimization and political mainstreaming of terrorist groups. Course materials are drawn from the classic texts of terror and counter-terror, political science and related fields, and recent American fiction. |
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