{"product_id":"terrorism-through-the-ages-9789004547803","title":"Terrorism through the Ages","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat connects political violence in Classical Athens and state terrorism in the Roman republic to the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka and the modern destruction of monuments? Using 9\/11 as a lens through which to examine past instances of terrorism, this book presents a wide global view of the use of terror and its impact throughout history.     Contributors are: Jaime A. González-Ocaña, Aaron L. Beek, Francesco Mori, Gaius Stern, Timothy Smith, João Nisa, Ölbei Tamás, James Crossland, Paul J. Cook, Chris Millington, Vineeth Mathoor, Dmitry Shlapentokh, Kalinga Tudor Silva, Cserkits Michael, Katty Cristina Lima Sá, Tatiana Konrad, Daniel Leach, Paul J. Cook, Mark Briskey, Silke Zoller, Elizabeth L. Miller, and William V. Hudon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables  Notes on Contributors    Introduction: The Legacy of 9\/11 as a Window to Examine Terrorism through the Ages   Graham Wrightson    PART 1: 9\/11 as a Window to Greece and Rome    1 Eternal Enmity between East and West: The Mechanics of Retribution in Herodotus’ Historical Causation and the 21st-Century War on Terror   Jaime A. González-Ocaña  2 A Rhetoric of Terrorism; A Rhetoric of Piracy: Comparing Roman and Post-9\/11 Designations of Terrorist   Aaron L. Beek    PART 2: Pre-modern Conceptualization and Examples of Terrorism    3 Tyrants and Terror: Violence and Fear in the Literary Accounts of the Athenian Civil Wars   Francesco Mori  4 Mucius Scaevola: An Ancient Roman Terrorist   Gaius Stern  5 State Terrorism in the Late Roman Republic   Timothy Smith  6 The Manifold Impact of Chevauchées as Policies of Terror (c.1350–1400)   João Nisa and Ölbei Tamás    PART 3: Case-Studies of Modern Terrorism    Section 1: 1850–1945    7 The Original “Spectacular”? The Intentions and Impacts of the 1858 Orsini Bombing   James Crossland  8 Before There Was September 11th, 2001: The Military Response to Non-State Actors   Paul J. Cook  9 Mad or Bad? Paul Gorguloff, the Man Who Killed the French President in 1932   Chris Millington    Section 2: 1945–2021    10 Who Owns Terrorism in Democracy? State Terrorism and Violence in India, 1966–1984   Vineeth Mathoor  11 ”Jihadization” of Islamic Resistance: The Pattern of Great Revolutions from Nationalist Movements to Radicalism - A Case Study of Chechnya and Its Implications for Terrorist Activity   Dmitry Shlapentokh  12 ISIS Propaganda and Local Triggers as Drivers of Islamic Radicalisation: A Sociological Analysis of Easter Sunday Attacks in Sri Lanka   Kalinga Tudor Silva    PART 4: Islamic Ideals after 9\/11    ???? ??? 13 ?- In the Name of God? An Empirical Research about Figurations of the Islamic State in Selected Youtube©-Videos   Michael Cserkits  14 Guides for the “Fight in the Cause of Allah”: The Inspire and Dabiq Magazines and Their Roles in the Disclosure of Jihad   Katty Cristina Lima Sá    PART 5: The Aesthetics of Terror Acts and Acts against Memory    15 The Body at War: Reimagining the Irish Troubles through the Post-9\/11 Aesthetics of Torture in Steve McQueen’s Hunger   Tatiana Konrad  16 “Bringing a Pitiful Giant to His Knees”: Blowing up Monuments as Subversive Political Violence, 1840–1970   Daniel Leach    PART 6: The Rhetorics and Policies of Terror    17 War of the Words: Shultz, Weinberger, and the Rhetoric of Retaliation against Cold War Era Terrorism   Paul Cook  18 How to Understand an Enigmatic Ally: The Pakistan Army, Strategic Culture, and Its Conflicted Relationship with Terrorism   Mark Briskey  19 Terrorist Extradition through the Ages   Silke Zoller  20 The Rhetorics of Terror: Osama Bin Laden, George W. Bush, and Rethinking the 9\/11 Attacks   Elizabeth L. Miller and William V. Hudon    Conclusion: 9\/11 and the History of Terrorism as a Window into the Future and the Past   Graham Wrightson    Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210868875607,"sku":"9789004547803","price":113.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/terrorism-through-the-ages-9789004547803","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}