Waves of global terrorism : from 1879 to the present / David C. Rapoport.
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- Language:
- English
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- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (449 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- David C. Rapoport, a preeminent scholar of political violence, identifies and analyzes four distinct waves of global terrorism. He examines the dynamics of each wave, contrasting their tactics, targets, and goals and placing them in the context of the much longer history of terrorism.
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- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Terrorism Before the Global Form: From the First Century to the Twentieth
- 2. The First Wave: Anarchist, 1879-1920s
- 3. The Second Wave: Anticolonial, 1919-1960s
- 4. The Third Wave: New Left, 1960s-1990s
- 5. The Fourth Wave: Religious, 1979-2020s?
- Conclusion: The Fifth Wave?
- Notes
- Index
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- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
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- OCLC:
- 1321793833
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