The Imperial Presidency, the War on Terrorism, and the Revolutions of Modernity

Constellations 9 (1):3-33 (2002)
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It is inherent in the concept of a terrorist act that it aims at an effect very much larger than the direct physical destruction it causes. Proponents of what used to be called the 'propaganda of the deed' also believed that in the illuminating glare of terror the vulnerability of a corrupt ...

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