Description
Saqi Books Terrorism from Popular Struggle to Media Spectacle by Gerard Chaliand
Why Do Terrorists Resort To Spectacular - And Often Futile - Acts Of Violence? For Some Thirty Years After The Second World War, Popular Movements Fought For Liberation From Colonial Rule. But Since The Late 1960S, Terrorism Has Increasingly Become A Substitute For Popular Struggle. Its Aims: Blackmailing The State And Capturing Media Attention. How Are Terrorists Organized? What Is Their Social Base? What Are Their Strategies - And The Strategies Used Against Them? In Answering Such Questions, Gerard Chaliand Draws On A Wealth Of Examples, From The Red Brigades And The Ira To The Armenians And The Afghan Mujahidin.