Negotiating with Terrorists: Strategy, Tactics, and Politics

by Guy Olivier Faure and I. William Zartman

Book Overview

This edited volume addresses the important issue of negotiating with terrorists, and offers recommendations for best practice and processes.

Hostage negotiation is the process of trying to align two often completely polarised parties. Authorities view hostage taking as unacceptable demands made by unacceptable means. However terrorists view their actions as completely justified, even on moral and religious grounds. If they are to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415566290
• ISBN13: 9780415566292
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"