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Charles Townshend


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Charles Townshend FBA (born 1945) is a British historian with particular expertise on the historic role of British imperialism in Ireland and Palestine.

Townshend is currently Professor of International History at Keele University. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2008.

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Easter 1916: The Irish Rebe...

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Terrorism: A Very Short Int...

3.34 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 2002 — 27 editions
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The Republic: The Fight for...

3.99 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions
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The Oxford History of Moder...

3.64 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions
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The Partition: Ireland Divi...

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When God Made Hell: The Bri...

3.75 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
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Ireland: The 20th Century

3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions
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Political Violence in Ireland

3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions
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The British Campaign in Ire...

3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions
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Britain's Civil Wars: Count...

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1986
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“El problema era que cada atentado terrorista se convertía en “un ataque al orgullo y el honor nacionales”. La distinción entre honor nacional y seguridad nacional se tornó poco nítida, y se hizo caso omiso de las pruebas -cada vez más contundentes- que demostraban que una acción militar contra el terrorismo impulsaría un ciclo de violencia, así como a la posibilidad de que “los terroristas pudieran dar la vuelta a cualquier victoria contraterrorista tan sólo con una bomba en el lugar adecuado”.”
Charles Townshend, Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction

“Los thugs -la secta de salteadores de caminos y estranguladores de la India que no fue exterminada hasta el siglo XiX por las autoridades británicas-se distancian aún más de la acción política, puesto que nadie (y, probablemente, ni ellos mismos) alcanzaban a entender los criterios de selección de sus víctimas. El hinduismo no contempla que la sociedad pueda transformarse, po lo que no veía la necesidad de una acción política. Como mucho, podemos ver a los thugs como defensores del orden establecido, pues creían estar en la obligación de preservar el equilibrio del mundo”.”
Charles Townshend, Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction

“No es posible confiar en sus emociones, de piedad o de miedo, por largo tiempo. Un atentado, para ejercer influencia sobre la opinión pública, debe ir más allá de la intención de venganza o de terrorismo. Debe ser puramente destructivo”.”
Charles Townshend, Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [1/16/2003] Charles Townshend

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