Rapoport Waves of Global Terrorism

From 1879 to the Present
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-50784-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch

David C. Rapoport, a preeminent scholar of political violence, identifies and analyzes four distinct waves of global terrorism. He examines the dynamics of each wave, contrasting their tactics, targets, and goals and placing them in the context of the much longer history of terrorism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rapoport, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Terrorism Before the Global Form: From the First Century to the Twentieth
2. The First Wave: Anarchist, 1879–1920s
3. The Second Wave: Anticolonial, 1919–1960s
4. The Third Wave: New Left, 1960s–1990s
5. The Fourth Wave: Religious, 1979–2020s?
Conclusion: The Fifth Wave?
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David C. Rapoport is distinguished professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include Assassination and Terrorism (1971), Inside Terrorist Organizations (Columbia, 1988), and Terrorism: Critical Concepts in Political Science (2006). Rapoport was the founding editor of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence.