Terrorism : a history / Randall D. Law.
| Author/creator | Law, Randall David author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication | Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016. |
| Description | xiv, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Terror and tyrannicide in the Ancient world -- Terror and tyrannicide in the Middle Ages -- Terror and tyrannicide in the early Modern Era in Europe -- The dawn of revolutionary terrorism -- Russian revolutionary terrorism -- The era of European Attentat -- Labor, anarchy, and terror in America -- White supremacy and American racial terrorism -- The dawn of ethno-nationalist terrorism -- The era of state terror -- Decolonization and ethno-nationalist terrorism from the 1930s to the early 1960s -- Decolonization and ethno-nationalist terrorism from the late 1960s to the present -- The era of leftist and international terrorism -- The rise of Jihadist terrorism -- Recent non-Jihadist terrorism -- 9/11, the War on Terror, and recent trends in terrorism. |
| Abstract | We live in an era dominated by terrorism but struggle to understand its meaning and the real nature of the threat. In this new edition of his widely acclaimed survey of the topic, Randall Law makes sense of the history of terrorism by examining it within its broad political, religious and social contexts and tracing its development from the ancient world to the 21st century. 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 adapted to revolutions in technology, communications, and political ideologies. Terrorism: A History extensively covers such topics as jihadist violence, state terror, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, Northern Ireland, anarcho-terrorism, and the Ku Klux Klan, plus lesser known movements in Uruguay and Algeria, as well as the pre-modern uses of terror in ancient Rome, medieval Europe, and the French Revolution. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Law, Randall David, author. Terrorism. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016 9780745690926 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2015047115 |
| ISBN | 9780745690896 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0745690890 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780745690902 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0745690904 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780745690926 |
| ISBN | 0745690920 |
| ISBN | 9780745690933 |
| ISBN | 0745690939 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV6431 .L39 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |