This paper discusses how the late 20th century IRA campaigns launched on the British mainland qualify as terrorism in 5 pages.
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There are a number of difficulties inherent in arriving at a definition of terrorism which can be universally agreed, for
several reasons. For example, what is seen as terrorism by one individual or group can be categorised as guerrilla warfare, freedom fighting or strong government from another perspective. Betts (2001)
makes the point that there has never been a generally accepted definition of terrorism, since even those who consider themselves to be against terrorism per se may still be in
favour of what he terms extreme action. For instance, the bombing of civilians by the Allies in the Second World War could, under other circumstances, be defined as an act
of terrorism.
However, since the Allied forces were reacting against deliberate acts of aggression by other countries, the action was perceived as justifiable. He notes that whenever attempts
are made define an abstract concept, there will always be some groups who are able to find exceptions to the definition because of their particular circumstances. Jensen (2001) takes as
an example the conflict between Israel and Palestine in order to point out that similar activities can be viewed in very different lights depending on which side one supports.
He makes the point that