Blood and Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism

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In this sweeping and deeply penetrating work, distinguished historian Michael Burleigh explores the nature of terrorism from its origins in the West to the current global threat fueled by fundamentalists. Burleigh takes us from the roots of terrorism in the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Russian Nihilists, and the London-based anarchists of Black International to the various terrorist campaigns that exist today. He also explores the lives of people engaged in careers of political violence and those who are most affected by the scourge of terrorism. Authoritative, illuminating, and masterfully written, Blood and Rage sheds an unflinching light on the global threat that we are likely to face for decades to come. Front Cover
......Page 1 ALSO BY MICHAEL BURLEIGH......Page 2 Quote
......Page 3 CONTENTS......Page 4 PREFACE......Page 5 CHAPTER 1 - Green: The Fenian Dynamiters......Page 9 CHAPTER 2 - Red: Russian Nihilists and Revolutionaries......Page 35 CHAPTER 3 - Black: Anarchists and Terrorism......Page 75 CHAPTER 4 - Death in the Sun: Terror and Decolonisation......Page 96 CHAPTER 5 - Attention-Seeking: Black September and International Terrorism......Page 160 Pictures
......Page 189 CHAPTER 6 - Guilty White Kids: The Red Brigades and the Red Army Faction......Page 205 CHAPTER 7 - Small-Nation Terror......Page 284 CHAPTER 8 - World Rage: Islamist Terrorism......Page 362 Pictures
......Page 373 NOTES......Page 511 PICTURE CREDITS......Page 524 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 526 Rear Cover
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