The infernal machine

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Titel
The infernal machine
Untertitel
an alternative history of terrorism
Verfasserangabe
Matthew Carr
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Verlag
Ort
London
Jahr
Umfang
501 p.
ISBN13
978-1-84904-080-8
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Political violence has become the scourage of our world and terrorism is routinely described as a uniqueli modern evil. Yet however unprecedented in scope the new terrorist organisations might appear, Matthew Carr demonstrates in this definitive history of terrorism that they are merely offshoots of a spectacular bombing in 1881: the assassination of Tsar Alexander II. Carr's narrative is sweeping, spanning over a a century of world history, and reveals stunning similarities in responses to terrorism across societies that are profoundly different culturally and politically. He analyses convincingly the realities of terrorist violence and its indelible impact on nations as different as Italy, Argentina, France, Algeria, Ireland, Russia, Japan, and the United States, to demonstrate again and again that the true impact of terrorism has been felt in the overreactions of government and the media to acts of political violence. ...
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