Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

169 Pages·2003·1.66 MB·English

by  Charles Townshend

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Charles Townshend
Terrorism
A Very Short Introduction
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Contents
List of illustrations ix
1
The trouble with terrorism 1
2
Crusaders and conspirators 20
3
The reign of terror 36
4
Revolutionary terrorism 53
5
Nationalism and terror 74
6
Religious terror 96
7
Counterterrorism and democracy 114
References 141
Further reading 146
Index 151
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List of illustrations
1 11 September attacks on 7 Car bomb in South
New York’s World Trade Leinster Street,
Center 4 Dublin 51
© Michael Sofronski/Frank © The Irish Times
Spooner Pictures/Gamma Presse
Images 8 Hanns-Martin
Schleyer 71
2 Oklahoma bombing 14
© Hulton Archive
© Popperfoto/Reuters
9 Enniskillen explosion 82
3 Female Palestinian © Pacemaker Press International
‘suicide bomber’ 17
© Sipa Press/Rex Features 10 ETA giving a press
conference 85
4 Chicago martyrs 24 © Frank Spooner Pictures/
© Bettman/Corbis Gamma Presse Images
5 Hijacked British 11 King David Hotel
aeroplane 29 explosion 90
© Hulton Archive © Illustrated London News
picture library
6 French Revolution,
the first execution 12 Bus bomb in
by guillotine 39 Jerusalem 93
© Bridgeman Giraudon/ © Popperfoto/Reuters
Lauros/Musée Carnavalet
13 Hezbollah 105
© Sipa Press/Rex Features