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An anatomy of terror : a history of terrorism / Andrew Sinclair.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Macmillan, 2003Description: xvi, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0333989775
  • 9780333989777
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.625
LOC classification:
  • HV6431 .S533 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Ancient Terrors -- 2. The Texts of Holy Terror -- 3. The Horror of the Crusades -- 4. The Old Man of the Mountains -- 5. The Anabaptists and Millennial Terror -- 6. Sacred Terror and the French Religious Wars -- 7. Beast and Pest: The Origins of Bioterror -- 8. The Outlaw and the Guerrilla -- 9. The Illuminati and the French Revolution -- 10. The Terror -- 11. Nationalist Secret Societies -- 12. The Early Art and Literature of Terror -- 13. Black Terror -- 14. Terror and the Warrior -- 15. Thuggee -- 16. The Secret Societies of China -- 17. The Anarchists -- 18. The Anarchy of the West -- 19. The Ku Klux Klan -- 20. The Mafia -- 21. The Irish Rebellion -- 22. State Terror and the Bolsheviks -- 23. The Revolt of Labour -- 24. The Psychology of World War -- 25. The Road to Barcelona -- 26. The Failed American Revolution -- 27. The Shame of Japan -- 28. Fear, Strange Mercy and Annihilation -- 29. The Final Solution -- 30. African Secret Societies -- 31. The Gulag Lies -- 32. The Forced Refugees -- 33. The Problem of Palestine -- 34. The Killing Fields of Asia -- 35. Guevara: Swimming in a Dry Sea -- 36. The Broadcast Horror -- 37. The Unused Deterrence -- 38. Ethnic Terror -- 39. Return to Holy War -- 40. Revenge of Islam -- 41. Countdown to Kabul -- 42. The Future of Terror -- Envoi -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: "From antiquity to the present day, in the east and the west, the methods and motives for terror are disturbingly similar. In An Anatomy of Terror, Andrew Sinclair takes a detailed trip through the dark side of humanity, from Muslim assassins and the Crusades to Timothy McVeigh and Osama bin Laden. He encounters many links between seemingly disparate groups and illumiantes the strategies that terrorists employ to recruit soldiers. This book examines all facets of terror with a sweeping exploration of history, from the early role of terror as a tribal force to its incorporation into religious terrorism and politically-fueled violence."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-385) and index.

List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Ancient Terrors -- 2. The Texts of Holy Terror -- 3. The Horror of the Crusades -- 4. The Old Man of the Mountains -- 5. The Anabaptists and Millennial Terror -- 6. Sacred Terror and the French Religious Wars -- 7. Beast and Pest: The Origins of Bioterror -- 8. The Outlaw and the Guerrilla -- 9. The Illuminati and the French Revolution -- 10. The Terror -- 11. Nationalist Secret Societies -- 12. The Early Art and Literature of Terror -- 13. Black Terror -- 14. Terror and the Warrior -- 15. Thuggee -- 16. The Secret Societies of China -- 17. The Anarchists -- 18. The Anarchy of the West -- 19. The Ku Klux Klan -- 20. The Mafia -- 21. The Irish Rebellion -- 22. State Terror and the Bolsheviks -- 23. The Revolt of Labour -- 24. The Psychology of World War -- 25. The Road to Barcelona -- 26. The Failed American Revolution -- 27. The Shame of Japan -- 28. Fear, Strange Mercy and Annihilation -- 29. The Final Solution -- 30. African Secret Societies -- 31. The Gulag Lies -- 32. The Forced Refugees -- 33. The Problem of Palestine -- 34. The Killing Fields of Asia -- 35. Guevara: Swimming in a Dry Sea -- 36. The Broadcast Horror -- 37. The Unused Deterrence -- 38. Ethnic Terror -- 39. Return to Holy War -- 40. Revenge of Islam -- 41. Countdown to Kabul -- 42. The Future of Terror -- Envoi -- Notes -- Index.

"From antiquity to the present day, in the east and the west, the methods and motives for terror are disturbingly similar. In An Anatomy of Terror, Andrew Sinclair takes a detailed trip through the dark side of humanity, from Muslim assassins and the Crusades to Timothy McVeigh and Osama bin Laden. He encounters many links between seemingly disparate groups and illumiantes the strategies that terrorists employ to recruit soldiers. This book examines all facets of terror with a sweeping exploration of history, from the early role of terror as a tribal force to its incorporation into religious terrorism and politically-fueled violence."--Publisher description.

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