The Lesser Evil : Political Ethics in an Age of Terror (Record no. 295)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | RRU |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 978-0143017356 |
| Printed Price | Rs. 2084.00 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | RRU |
| Language of cataloging | English |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Class No. | 172.4 |
| Item number | IGN |
| 100 ## - FIRST AUTHOR (IF A PERSON) | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2930 |
| Name of author | Ignatieff, Michael |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Lesser Evil : Political Ethics in an Age of Terror |
| Statement of responsibility | Michael Ignatieff |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Edinburgh University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2004 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Edinburgh. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| No. of pages | 212p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | In the age of terrorism, the temptations of ruthlessness can be overwhelming. But there is also the anxiety that a violent response to violence makes us morally indistinguishable from our enemies.<br/>There is perhaps no greater political challenge today than trying to win the war against terrorism without losing our democratic souls. Michael Ignatieff confronts this challenge head-on with a combination of pragmatic idealism, historical sensitivity, and astute political judgment.<br/><br/>Ignatieff traces the modern history of terrorism and counter-terrorism from the nihilists of Czarist Russia and the militias of Weimar Germany to the IRA and Al Qaeda. He shows how the most potent response to terror has been force, decisive and direct, but—just as important—restrained. Restraint also gives democracy its strongest weapon: the moral power to endure when the furies of vengeance and hatred are spent.<br/><br/>Finalist for the 2004 Lionel Gelber Award<br/><br/>"An impeccably argued case for how to balance security and liberty in the face of the new kind of threat posed by today's terrorists. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject heading | Terrorism |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject heading | Political Ethics |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2931 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject heading | Terrorism--Prevention |
| 9 (RLIN) | 614 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Rashtriya Raksha University | Rashtriya Raksha University | 24/04/2010 | 2084.54 | 00380 | 172.4 IGN | 380 | 02/09/2021 | 2605.68 | 02/09/2021 | Books |