Terrorism in the 20th Century

A Narrative Encyclopedia From the Anarchists, through the Weathermen, to the Unabomber

Jay Robert Nash

• Publisher: M. Evans & Company
• eBook ISBN:
  9781461747697
• Year: 1998

Throughout the twentieth century, countless criminal groups have earned infamy by their violent acts of terrorism. Political assassinations, kidnappings, bombings, lynchings and hijackings have stunned the world. In recent decades, terrorism has become an increasing threat, especially when it comes to air travel. Although in this country terrorism is not a new phenomenon, it is one that is growing-and the fear of terrorism is growing faster.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• One: Terrorism Comes to America
• Two: Return of Old Evils
• Three: Ghost Governments
• Four: Fearmakers of the 1930s
• Five: Terror, U.S.A.
• Six: Other World Terrorists
• Seven: Malcontents, Misfits, and the American Left
• Eight: Underground Guerillas
• Nine: Day of the Arab
• Ten: Rage from the Right
• A Chronology of 20th Century Terrorism, 1900–1998
• Glossary of Terrorist Organizations
• Bibliography