An anatomy of terror : a history of terrorism by Sinclair, Andrew, 1935- instant download

An anatomy of terror : a history of terrorism by Sinclair, Andrew, 1935- instant download

1 volume ; 20 cm, \"Andrew Sinclair's unique history of terrorism explores the methods and thinking behind terrorism and shows how the nature of terror has not changed since the days of the Assassins and the Mongol hordes. The only difference is that modern technology can kill in tens of millions rather than the tens of thousands the horror tactics of antiquity managed.\"--Jacket, Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2003, Includes bibliographical references and index, Ancient terrors -- The texts of holy terror -- The horror of the Crusades -- The old man of the mountains -- The Anabaptists and millennial terror -- Sacred terror and the French religious wars -- Beast and pest : the origins of bioterror -- The outlaw and the guerrilla -- The illuminati and the French Revolution -- The terror -- Nationalist secret societies -- The early art and literature of terror -- Black terror -- Terror and the warrior -- Thuggee -- The secret societies of China -- The anarchists -- The anarchy of the west -- The Ku Klux Klan -- The Mafia -- The Irish Rebellion -- State terror and the Bolsheviks -- The revolt of labour -- The psychology of world war -- The road to Barcelona -- The failed American revolution -- The shame of Japan -- Fear, strange mercy and annihilation -- The final solution -- African secret societies -- The Gulag lies -- The forced refugees -- The problem of Palestine -- The killing fields of Asia -- Guevara : swimming in a dry sea -- The broadcast of horror -- The unused deterrence -- Ethnic terror -- Return to holy war -- Revenge of Islam -- Countdown to Kabul -- The future of terror