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On 9 October 1934, terrorists murdered King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in a Marseille street. The Croatian ultranationalist Ustashe was behind the attack. The Ustashe hoped that the king's death would cause the collapse of Yugoslavia and the liberation of the Croat people. This book examines the circumstances, processes, and trajectories that shaped the Ustashe terrorists and their attack in Marseille. It brings questions about contemporary terrorism to bear on a historical attack: what prompts people to join terrorist organisations? How are these people 'radicalised' to commit violence? What roles do women play in terrorism? Murder in Marseille bridges the scholarly gap between historical and contemporary terrorism, paying attention to, and often guided by, current concerns, ideas, theories, and notions about terrorist violence.
Contents
Introduction: Carnage on La Canebière
1 Post-war Yugoslavia and the emergence of the Ustashe, 1918-1934
2 'Murder farms': The Ustashe's terrorist training camps
3 Pathways to terrorism: The assassination squad
4 Killing the king: The assassination of Aleksandar I
5 Soldiers of a cause? The assassins on trial
Conclusion: Murder in Marseille
