The foundations of modern terrorism

Resource Information

The work The foundations of modern terrorism represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The foundations of modern terrorism

Statement of responsibility

Martin A. Miller, Duke University

Creator

• Miller, Martin A., (Martin Alan), 1938-
• Miller, Martin A., (Martin Alan), 1938-

Author

• Miller, Martin A., (Martin Alan), 1938-
• Miller, Martin A., (Martin Alan), 1938-

Subject

• Terrorism

Language

eng

Summary

Why is it that terrorism has become such a central factor in our lives despite all the efforts to eradicate it? Ranging from early modern Europe to the contemporary Middle East, Martin Miller reveals the foundations of modern terrorism. He argues that the French Revolution was a watershed moment as it was then that ordinary citizens first claimed the right to govern. The traditional notion of state legitimacy was forever altered and terrorism became part of a violent contest over control of state power between officials in government and insurgents in society. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries terrorism evolved into a way of seeing the world and a way of life for both insurgents and state security forces with the two sides drawn ever closer in their behaviour and tactics. This is a groundbreaking history of terrorism which, for the first time, integrates the violence of governments and insurgencies

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Dewey number

363.325

Index

index present

LC call number

HV6431

LC item number

.M57345 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries