1st Edition

A History of Terrorism Expanded Edition

By Walter Laqueur Copyright 2016
322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

Terrorism is often mistakenly thought of as a modern phenomenon, but it goes back quite some time. A History of Terrorism charts the history of political terror from nineteenth-century Europe to the multinational operations of Arab and other groups today. The question is: What is its true impact today and in the future? Laqueur addresses long-neglected psychological issues concerning the origins... Read more

Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition

Introductory Note

1 The Origins

2 The Philosophy of the Bomb

3 The Sociology of Terrorism

4 Interpretations of Terrorism

5 Terrorism Today

Conclusion

Notes

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Andrew White