{"product_id":"the-history-of-terrorism-9780520292505","title":"The History of Terrorism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with the Zealots of the first century CE, this book features contributors who go on to discuss the Assassins of the Middle Ages, the 1789 Terror movement in Europe, Bolshevik terrorism during the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, \"resistance\" terrorism during World War II, and Latin American revolutionary movements of the late 1960s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book represents an interesting effort to form an all pervading model to expand the current understanding of terrorism, posing history as a mirror; \u003ci\u003eThe History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to ISIS\u003c\/i\u003e exhibits an ambitious attempt to decipher the commonalities of different versions of terrorism, which is crystallised into a recommendable book for sociologists, anthropologists and social scientists who are interested by these types of hot topics.\" * International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"...a useful reference on the history of terrorism focusing on prehistory, the French Revolution through the national liberation movement, and then terrorism since 1968.\" * Terrorism \u0026amp; Political Violence *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the 2016 Edition  Preface to the 2007 Edition   1 Introduction (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin)  2 Terrorism as a Strategy of Insurgency (Ariel Merari)  PART I: THE PREHISTORY OF TERRORISM   3 Zealots and Assassins (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin)  4 Manifestations of Terror through the Ages (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin)  PART II: TERRORISM FROM 1789 TO 1968   5 The Invention of Modern Terror (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin)  6 Anarchist Terrorists of the Nineteenth Century (Olivier Hubac-Occhipinti)  7 Russian Terrorism, 1878-1908 132 (Yves Ternon)  8 The \"Golden Age\" of Terrorism (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin)  9 Lenin, Stalin, and State Terrorism (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin)  10 Terrorism in Time of War: From World War II to the Wars of National Liberation (Gerard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin)  PART III: TERRORISM SINCE 1968   11 From 1968 to Radical Islam (Gerard 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 (Francois Gere)  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 (Gerard Chaliand)   Bibliography  Bibliographical Addendum, 2006-2016  Contributors  Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864904282455,"sku":"9780520292505","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520292505.jpg?v=1722273277","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-history-of-terrorism-9780520292505","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}