Voices of terror : manifestos, writings, and manuals of Al Qaeda, Hamas, and other terrorists from around the world and throughout the ages / edited by Walter Laqueur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Laqueur, Walter, 1921-2018.

Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--History--Sources.

Terrorism.

Guerrilla warfare--History--Sources.

Guerrilla warfare.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 520 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Reed Press, [2004]

Summary:

Renowned historian and international scholar Walter Laqueur offers a sweeping survey of writing on one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: the use of violence as a tool for political change. From ancient Roman tyrannicides and French revolutionaries to the Weathermen and Osama Bin Laden, Voices of Terror brings together 120 of history's most controversial figures, militant organizations, and guerilla groups for a rare glimpse into the minds behind the violence. This important new anthology includes a substantial selection of material by Islamist terrorists, about the evolving concept of jihad, and on post-September 11, 2001 perspectives. With commentary from Karl Marx, Emma Goldman, Mao Tse Tung, Che Guevara, and Menachem Begin, among others, and documents of al Qaeda, Hamas, and the PLO, Voices of Terror is an essential resource for anyone interested in international current events.

Contents:

Part 1 The Terrorism Reader

Section 1 Tyrannicide

Aristotle: The Origin of Tyranny 11

Lucian of Samosata: The Tyrannicide 15

Cicero: No Fellowship with Tyrants 18

Plutarch: Brutus 19

John of Salisbury: On Slaying Public Tyrants 22

Max Lossen: Thomas Aquinas and the Question of Tyrannicide 27

Junius Brutus: In Defense of Liberty 30

Juan de Mariana: Whether It is Right to Destroy a Tyrant 34

George Buchanan: War with the Enemy of All Mankind 39

Edward Saxby: Killing No Murder 42

Vittorio Alfieri: On Tyranny 45

Section 2 Terrorism Old and New

Bartoldi: Dagger and Poison 53

Karl Heinzen: Murder 57

Mikhail Bakunin: Revolution, Terrorism, Banditry 68

Sergey Nechaev: Catechism of the Revolutionist (1869) 71

Nikolai Morozov: The Terrorist Struggle 76

G. Tarnovski: Terrorism and Routine 83

Serge Stepniak-Kravchinski: Underground Russia 88

Pyotr Kropotkin: The Spirit of Revolt 94

Jean Maitron: The Era of the Attentats 100

John Most: Advice for Terrorists 104

Henry David: Prelude to Haymarket 113

Irish World: O'Donovan Rossa's Dynamiters 117

John Devoy: Lomasney 119

Section 3 Terrorism in the Twentieth Century

St. Christowe: Twilight of the IMRO 128

Emil Julius Gumbel: Organized Murder 131

Easter Week: A Dublin Ballad 136

Freedom Struggle by the Provisional IRA 138

Bhagwat Charan: The Philosophy of the Bomb 140

Menahem Begin: The Revolt 144

Platform of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 149

Yehoshafat Harkabi: Al Fatah's Doctrine 153

Bizham Jazani: Armed Struggle in Iran 157

Prairie Fire: Political Statement of the Weather Underground 163

RAF (Baader-Meinhof Group): The Concept of the Urban Guerrilla 166

Section 4 Interpretations of Terrorism

Lucien de la Hodde: The Disaffected 171

Cesare Lombroso: The Militants 177

Emma Goldman: The Psychology of Political Violence 181

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: Comments on Terrorism 186

Lenin: Revolutionary Adventurism 196

Leon Trotsky: The Collapse of Terrorism (I) 200

Leon Trotsky: The Collapse of Terrorism (II) 203

Part 2 The Guerrilla Reader

Section 1 The Age of Small War

Maurice, Count de Saxe: Hercules Against Schoolboys 212

De Grandmaison: The Uses of Small War 215

De Jeney: Some Qualities Required of a Partisan 217

Johann von Ewald: Cunning, Skill, Speed, Secrecy 219

Andreas Emmerich: The Partisan in War 222

Georg Wilhelm Freiherr von Valentini: What Kind of Training? 224

Carl von Clausewitz: A Battalion in Battle 228

Carl von Clausewitz: People's War 230

Section 2 Napoleon and After

Antoine Henri de Jomini: National Wars 238

Francisco Espoz y Mina: Fighting in Spain 243

Denis Davydov: On Guerrilla Warfare 245

Carl von Decker: On Partisan War 250

J. F. A. Lemiere de Corvey: Un peu du fanatisme 254

Carlo Bianco: A Handbook for Revolutionary Bands 258

Giuseppe Mazzini: Rules for the Conduct of Guerrilla Bands 268

Wojciech Chrzanowski: The Polish Experience 273

Karol Stolzman: Terrifying for the Strongest Enemy 276

Antoine-Fortune de Brack: A Hazardous Profession 281

Section 3 Partisan Warfare 1860-1938

Francis Lieber: Guerrillas in International Law 289

Karl Hron: Partisans in the Austrian Mirror 294

Friedrich Wilhelm Rustow: People's War and Mobile Warfare 297

Charles Callwell: The Dangers of Guerrilla Warfare

1900 299

T. Miller Maguire: Differences Between Guerrilla and Regular Warfare 303

T. H. C. Frankland: Efficacy and Difficulties 307

Thomas Edward Lawrence: The Lessons of Arabia 311

B. C. Dening: Guerrillas and Political Propaganda 317

Harold H. Utley: War at a Time of Peace 321

Arthur Ehrhardt: In Praise of Bold Attack 323

Section 4 Socialism and the Armed Struggle

Auguste Blanqui: A Blueprint for Insurrection 330

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: Guerrillas in Spain 334

Friedrich Engels: Franc-Tireurs 1870 337

John Most: The Case for Dynamite 340

James Connolly: On Street Fighting 344

V. I. Lenin: Guerrilla Warfare 347

Section 5 Guerrilla Doctrine Today

Mao Tse-tung: The Three Stages of the Protracted War 352

Lin Piao: Encircling the Cities of the World 357

Che Guevara: Guerrilla Warfare

A Method 360

Regis Debray: The Guerrilla as the Political Vanguard 365

Carlos Marighella: From the "Minimanual" 370

Abraham Guillen: Urban Guerrilla Strategy 377

Part 3 The Origins of Twenty-First Century Terrorism

Section 1 Terrorism in the Muslim World

Taqi-ud-Deen Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah: The Religious and Moral Doctrine of Jihad 391

Sayed Qutb: Jihad in the Cause of God 394

Syed Abul Ala Maududi: Jihad in Islam 398

Mohammad 'Abdus Salam Faraj: Jihad, The Absent Obligation 401

Al-Qaeda: Manual 403

Osama Bin Laden: Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders 410

September 11: The Letter Left Behind 413

Sheikh Abdullah Yusuf Azzam: A Short Biography 430

Ayman al Zawahiri: Knights Under the Prophet's Banner 426

Hamas: The Covenant 434

Redha Malek: Islamist Terrorism in Algeria: An Experience to Ponder 439

M. Boudjemaa: Terrorism in Algeria: Ten Years of Day-to-Day Genocide 447

Section 2 Terrorism

East, West, and South

The Tamil Tigers: An Interview with Commander Pirabakaran 454

Sumantra Bose: Kashmir, Roots of Conflict: Paths to Peace 458

Yoginder Sikand: Kashmir, from National Liberation to Islamic Jihad 464

The Red Brigades: A Manifesto 469

"Neither Left Nor Right:" The Extreme Right and the Battle Against the New World Order 478

Jihad in the Caucasus: The Second Chechen War 484

Igor Dobaev: Islamic Radicalism in the Northern Caucasus 487

Jihad in Central Asia: Uzbekistan 494

Jihad in Central Asia: Khilafa: Tadjikistan 497

Unzueto Ortiz De Zarate: (ETA): Terror in Spain 499

Colombia: The Combatant Forces 503

Jemaah Islamiyah: in Southeast Asia 509

Jeffrey M. Bale: Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines 513

Terrorism 2004: Towards Weapons of Mass Destruction 519.

Notes:

"Part One of the present book is based on the Guerrilla Reader first published in 1977. Part Two comes from the Terrorism Reader which also appeared in 1977. Part Three, covering more recent developments, appears for the first time in the present edition"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

ISBN:

1594290350

OCLC:

55105719