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THE HISTORY OF TERRORISM
FROM ANTIQUITY TO AL QAEDA |
| By: |
Gerard Chaliand (Editor), Arnaud Blin (Editor), Edward Schneider (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£24.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0520247094 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780520247093 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
13 July, 2007 |
| Pages: |
488 |
| Description: |
Examines terrorism's long and complex history from antiquity onwards. Beginning with the Zealots of Antiquity, this book features contributors who discuss the Assassins of the Middle Ages, the 1789 Terror movement in Europe, Bolshevik terrorism during the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, and Latin American revolutionary movements of the late 1960s. |
| Synopsis: |
This authoritative work provides an essential perspective on terrorism by offering a rare opportunity for analysis and reflection at a time of ongoing violence, chilling threats, and renewed reprisals. In it, some of the best international specialists working on the subject today examine terrorism's long and complex history from antiquity to the present day and find that terror, long the weapon of the weak against the strong, is a tactic as old as warfare itself. Beginning with the Zealots of Antiquity, the contributors discuss the Assassins of the Middle Ages, the 1789 Terror movement in Europe, Bolshevik terrorism during the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, "resistance" terrorism during World War II, and Latin American revolutionary movements of the late 1960s. Finally, they consider the emergence of modern transnational terrorism, focusing on the roots of Islamic terrorism, al Qaeda, and the rise of the contemporary suicide martyr. Along the way, they provide a groundbreaking analysis of how terrorism has been perceived throughout history. What becomes |
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US |
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University of California Press |
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