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About this book
In this third edition of his widely acclaimed survey, historian Randall D. Law makes sense of the history of terrorism by examining it within its broad political, religious and social contexts from the ancient world to the present day. In Terrorism: A History, Law reveals how the very definition of the word has changed, how the tactics and strategies of terrorism have evolved, and how those who have used it have adapted to revolutions in technology, communications, and political ideologies. Terrorism: A History extensively covers topics as wide-ranging as jihadist violence, state terror, the Israeli/Palestianian conflict, Northern Ireland, anarcho-terrorism, and racist violence, plus lesser-known movements in Uruguay and Algeria, as well as pre-modern uses of terror in the ancient world, medieval Europe, and the French Revolution. This brand-new revision edition features up-to-the-moment analysis of:
• The state of al-Qaeda, its franchises, and global jihad today
• New incarnations of far-right extremism, including the Oathkeepers, Proud Boys, and conspiracy theorists
• The continuing presence of religiously inspired terrorism in North America and across the world Law's expert analysis also includes updated and expanded chapter bibliographies, even more scholarly citations, and a new conclusion exploring the future of terrorism. Terrorism: A History remains the go-to book for those wishing to understand the real nature and importance of this ubiquitous phenomenon.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Terror and Tyrannicide in the Pre-Modern World
- 2 The Dawn of Revolutionary Terrorism
- 3 Russian Revolutionary Terrorism
- 4 The Era of the European Attentat
- 5 Labor, Anarchy, and Terror in America
- 6 White Supremacy and American Racial Terrorism
- 7 The Dawn of Ethno-nationalist Terrorism
- 8 The Era of State Terror
- 9 Decolonization and Ethno-nationalist Terrorism from the 1930s to the Early 1960s
- 10 Decolonization and Ethno-nationalist Terrorism from the Late 1960s to the Present
- 11 The Era of Leftist and International Terrorism
- 12 The Return of Religious Terrorism
- 13 9/11 and the War on Terror
- 14 Right-Wing and Other Recent Terrorism
- 15 The Future of Terrorism … in Light of Its History
- Index
- End User License Agreement