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This chapter looks at the complexity of defining terrorism and analyzes the differences between non-state terrorism, state terrorism, and state-sponsored terrorism. In political disputes involving violence between state and non-state actors, it is likely that both sides consider the tactics of the other as terroristic. In the twentieth century, it became de rigueur that talking to terrorists is bad policy.

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Fitz-Gibbon, A. (2016). Terrorism. In: Talking to Terrorists, Non-Violence, and Counter-Terrorism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33837-8_2

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