Professor Richard English's Does Counter-Terrorism Work? has been published by Oxford University Press.  Responses to non-state terrorism have changed politics and history more than terrorist violence itself. Yet the public and academic debate to date on the efficacy or inefficacy of counter-terrorism has been less systematic, sustained and persuasive than necessary. Does Counter-Terrorism Work? sets out a layered framework for understanding the various ways in which 'working' might be interpreted, and offers historically-grounded case studies of the post-9/11 War on Terror, the Northern Ireland Troubles, and Israel/Palestine as a way of analysing the complexities of counter-terrorist achievements and failings

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Richard English, Does Counter-Terrorism Work? (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024)