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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 becomesProduct Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-139780520247093
eBay Product ID (ePID)91158551
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Number of Pages483 Pages
Publication NameThe History of Terrorism: from Antiquity to Al Qaeda
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2007
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaFamily Sociology
AuthorGerard Chaliand, Arnaud Blin
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight635 g
Item Width152 mm
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EditorArnaud Blin, Gerard Chaliand
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
