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The history of terrorism : from antiquity to ISIS /

This authoritative work provides an essential perspective on terrorism by offering a rare opportunity for analysis and reflection at a time of ongoing violence, threats, and reprisals. Some of the best international specialists on the subject examine terrorism's complex history from antiquity t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chaliand, Gérard, 1934- (Editor ), Blin, Arnaud (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2016]
Edición:Updated edition.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the 2016 edition
  • Preface to the 2007 edition
  • 1. Introduction / Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin
  • 2. Terrorism as a strategy of insurgency / Ariel Merari
  • Part I. The prehistory of terrorism. 3. Zealots and assassins / Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin ; 4. Manifestations of terror through the ages / Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin
  • Part II. Terrorism from 1789 to 1968. 5. The invention of modern terror / Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin ; 6. Anarchist terrorists of the Nineteenth Century / Olivier Hubac-Occhipinto ; 7. Russian terrorism, 1878-1908 / Yves Ternon ; 8. The "Golden Age" of terrorism / Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin ; 9. Lenin, Stalin, and State terrorism / Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin ; 10. Terrorism in time of war: from World War II to the wars of national liberation / Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin
  • Part III. Terrorism since 1968. 11. From 1968 to radical Islam / Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin ; 12. The roots of Islamic radicalism / Philippe Migaux ; 13. Al Qaeda / Philippe Migaux ; 14. The future of the Islamist movement / Philippe Migaux ; 15. Suicide operations: between war and terrorism François Géré ; 16. The United States confronting terrorism / Arnaud Blin ; 17. Terrorism in Southeast Asia
  • threat and response / Rohan Gunaratna ; 18. Jihadism in the age of ISIS / Gérard Chaliand.