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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820185003321

Autore

Rubin Barry M.

Titolo

Chronologies of modern terrorism / / Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2008

ISBN

1-317-47464-3

1-315-70570-2

1-317-47465-1

1-78268-007-1

1-282-11957-5

9786612119576

0-7656-2206-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 405 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

363.32502/02

Soggetti

Terrorism - History

Terrorism - History - 20th century

Terrorism - History - 21st century

Radicalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-384) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The early history of terrorism as ideology and strategy -- Social revolutionary terrorism in Europe and North America -- Nationalist terrorism in Europe and North America -- Social revolutionary terrorism in Latin America -- Revolutionaries of Asia and Africa -- Terrorism in the Middle East -- Radical Islamist terrorism -- Global jihad, September 11 and afterwards.

Sommario/riassunto

Concise yet comprehensive, this one-volume reference examines the history of terrorism in the modern world, including its origins and development, and terrorist acts by groups and individuals from the French Revolution to today.