Blood and rage : a cultural history of terrorism / Michael Burleigh.

Blood and rage : a cultural history of terrorism / Michael Burleigh.

First U.S. edition.

9780061173851
0061173851

New York : Harper, [2009]

©2009

English

xii, 577 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm

HV6431 .B867 2009

303.62509

This book is a sweeping and deeply penetrating work of history that explores the nature of terrorism from its origins in the West to today's global threat fueled by fundamentalists. The author, a distinguished historian emphasizes the lethal resentments and the twisted morality that spawn terrorism rather than the ideological or religious justification that routinely accompanies it. He reveals who the terrorist groups are, how they organize and operate, what motivates their violence, and how wider support encourages them. This book 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. It also explores the lives of people engaged in careers of political violence and those who are most affected by terrorism.

Originally published: London : HarperPress, c2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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