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What connects political violence in Classical Athens and state terrorism in the Roman republic to the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka and the modern destruction of monuments? Using 9/11 as a lens through which to examine past instances of terrorism, this book presents a wide global view of the use of terror and its impact throughout history. Contributors are: Jaime A. González-Ocaña, Aaron L. Beek, Francesco Mori, Gaius Stern, Timothy Smith, João Nisa, Ölbei Tamás, James Crossland, Paul J. Cook, Chris Millington, Vineeth Mathoor, Dmitry Shlapentokh, Kalinga Tudor Silva, Cserkits Michael, Katty Cristina Lima Sá, Tatiana Konrad, Daniel Leach, Paul J. Cook, Mark Briskey, Silke Zoller, Elizabeth L. Miller, and William V. Hudon.

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Author:   Graham Wrightson
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   6
Weight:   0.785kg
ISBN:  

9789004547803

ISBN 10:   9004547800
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   16 August 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Legacy of 9/11 as a Window to Examine Terrorism through the Ages  Graham Wrightson PART 1: 9/11 as a Window to Greece and Rome 1 Eternal Enmity between East and West: The Mechanics of Retribution in Herodotus’ Historical Causation and the 21st-Century War on Terror  Jaime A. González-Ocaña 2 A Rhetoric of Terrorism; A Rhetoric of Piracy: Comparing Roman and Post-9/11 Designations of Terrorist  Aaron L. Beek PART 2: Pre-modern Conceptualization and Examples of Terrorism 3 Tyrants and Terror: Violence and Fear in the Literary Accounts of the Athenian Civil Wars  Francesco Mori 4 Mucius Scaevola: An Ancient Roman Terrorist  Gaius Stern 5 State Terrorism in the Late Roman Republic  Timothy Smith 6 The Manifold Impact of Chevauchées as Policies of Terror (c.1350–1400)  João Nisa and Ölbei Tamás PART 3: Case-Studies of Modern Terrorism Section 1: 1850–1945 7 The Original “Spectacular”? The Intentions and Impacts of the 1858 Orsini Bombing  James Crossland 8 Before There Was September 11th, 2001: The Military Response to Non-State Actors  Paul J. Cook 9 Mad or Bad? Paul Gorguloff, the Man Who Killed the French President in 1932  Chris Millington Section 2: 1945–2021 10 Who Owns Terrorism in Democracy? State Terrorism and Violence in India, 1966–1984  Vineeth Mathoor 11 ”Jihadization” of Islamic Resistance: The Pattern of Great Revolutions from Nationalist Movements to Radicalism - A Case Study of Chechnya and Its Implications for Terrorist Activity  Dmitry Shlapentokh 12 ISIS Propaganda and Local Triggers as Drivers of Islamic Radicalisation: A Sociological Analysis of Easter Sunday Attacks in Sri Lanka  Kalinga Tudor Silva PART 4: Islamic Ideals after 9/11 ???? ??? 13 ?- In the Name of God? An Empirical Research about Figurations of the Islamic State in Selected Youtube©-Videos  Michael Cserkits 14 Guides for the “Fight in the Cause of Allah”: The Inspire and Dabiq Magazines and Their Roles in the Disclosure of Jihad  Katty Cristina Lima Sá PART 5: The Aesthetics of Terror Acts and Acts against Memory 15 The Body at War: Reimagining the Irish Troubles through the Post-9/11 Aesthetics of Torture in Steve McQueen’s Hunger  Tatiana Konrad 16 “Bringing a Pitiful Giant to His Knees”: Blowing up Monuments as Subversive Political Violence, 1840–1970  Daniel Leach PART 6: The Rhetorics and Policies of Terror 17 War of the Words: Shultz, Weinberger, and the Rhetoric of Retaliation against Cold War Era Terrorism  Paul Cook 18 How to Understand an Enigmatic Ally: The Pakistan Army, Strategic Culture, and Its Conflicted Relationship with Terrorism  Mark Briskey 19 Terrorist Extradition through the Ages  Silke Zoller 20 The Rhetorics of Terror: Osama Bin Laden, George W. Bush, and Rethinking the 9/11 Attacks  Elizabeth L. Miller and William V. Hudon Conclusion: 9/11 and the History of Terrorism as a Window into the Future and the Past  Graham Wrightson Index

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Graham Wrightson, Ph.D. (2013), University of Calgary, is Associate Professor of History at South Dakota State University. He has published multiple articles and papers and three monographs on Macedonian warfare. As a co-editor he has published three conference proceedings with two more forthcoming.

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