An Investigation of United States of America War on Terrorism and Its Impact on Global Security (A Case Study of Afghanistan)
An Investigation of United States of America War on Terrorism and Its Impact on Global Security (A Case Study of Afghanistan)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
Terrorism is a phenomena that has become a source of concern for governments all around the globe. Terrorism, according to Jenkins (1975), is a strategy in which violence is employed to create specific effects in a group of people in order to achieve some political goal or ends, and one of the consequences of such a strategy is typically fear, but there are other effects as well. In his contribution, Thornton (1964) defines terrorism as the use of fear as a symbolic act aimed at influencing political behavior via non-traditional methods, including the threat of violence. Terrorism may therefore accomplish political goals by rallying troops sympathetic to...