1st Edition

Terrorism The Power and Weakness of Fear

By Juan Romero Copyright 2022
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This book adopts an innovative historical approach to Terrorism, focusing on the weaknesses of terrorist states and organizations as reflected in the ideologies, methodologies and propaganda of Russian populist, National Socialist and Islamic Terrorism. Drawing upon multilingual primary sources, the book challenges the oft repeated claim that the Nazi regime and Islamic State produced... Read more

Introduction

1. Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Extremist Movements

2. Was Russian Terrorism a True Instrument of the People?

3. Methodology of Russian Terrorism

4. Ideology of the National Socialist Terrorist State

5. National Socialist Propaganda

6. Interpretations of Jihad

7. Rules of Jihad

8. Precursors to the Islamic State

9. Islamic State Media Production and Islam

10. Islamic State Legitimacy and Perception of the Enemy

11. The Eleven Fears of Islamic Terrorist Organizations

12. A Comparative Evolution of Terrorism

Conclusion

Biography

Juan Romero is Associate Professor at Western Kentucky University, USA.