Essay --

Tragedies such as 9/ll has impacted many people when the terrorist attack happened at the world trade center in Manhattan. Thousands and thousands of people died, others were injured, and other civilians cried their hearts out. The nation was in despair, knowing that innocent people have died and their nation has been attacked. The government had noted that the act of 9/11 was an act of terrorism. The question is, what is terrorism and is it permissible or non-permissible? There is no specific definition of terrorism due to the fact that the definition can be viewed differently (p398). Some of the definitions of terrorism is either too broad while others are too neutral (p398). An example that was in the book was the comparison between the London bombing and the bombing in Hiroshima. The London bombing was considered an act of terrorism while the bombing in Hiroshima was considered non-terrorism because it was a response to an act of terrorism that was done at Pearl Harbor (p399). V aughn had defined terrorism as â€Å"...the deliberate use or threat of physical violence against noncombat...