Full Description
What connects political violence in Classical Athens and state terrorism in the Roman republic to the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka and the modern destruction of monuments? Using 9/11 as a lens through which to examine past instances of terrorism, this book presents a wide global view of the use of terror and its impact throughout history.
Contributors are: Jaime A. González-Ocaña, Aaron L. Beek, Francesco Mori, Gaius Stern, Timothy Smith, João Nisa, Ölbei Tamás, James Crossland, Paul J. Cook, Chris Millington, Vineeth Mathoor, Dmitry Shlapentokh, Kalinga Tudor Silva, Cserkits Michael, Katty Cristina Lima Sá, Tatiana Konrad, Daniel Leach, Paul J. Cook, Mark Briskey, Silke Zoller, Elizabeth L. Miller, and William V. Hudon.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: The Legacy of 9/11 as a Window to Examine Terrorism through the Ages
Graham Wrightson
PART 1: 9/11 as a Window to Greece and Rome
1 Eternal Enmity between East and West: The Mechanics of Retribution in Herodotus' Historical Causation and the 21st-Century War on Terror
Jaime A. González-Ocaña
2 A Rhetoric of Terrorism; A Rhetoric of Piracy: Comparing Roman and Post-9/11 Designations of Terrorist
Aaron L. Beek
PART 2: Pre-modern Conceptualization and Examples of Terrorism
3 Tyrants and Terror: Violence and Fear in the Literary Accounts of the Athenian Civil Wars
Francesco Mori
4 Mucius Scaevola: An Ancient Roman Terrorist
Gaius Stern
5 State Terrorism in the Late Roman Republic
Timothy Smith
6 The Manifold Impact of Chevauchées as Policies of Terror (c.1350-1400)
João Nisa and Ölbei Tamás
PART 3: Case-Studies of Modern Terrorism
Section 1: 1850-1945
7 The Original "Spectacular"? The Intentions and Impacts of the 1858 Orsini Bombing
James Crossland
8 Before There Was September 11th, 2001: The Military Response to Non-State Actors
Paul J. Cook
9 Mad or Bad? Paul Gorguloff, the Man Who Killed the French President in 1932
Chris Millington
Section 2: 1945-2021
10 Who Owns Terrorism in Democracy? State Terrorism and Violence in India, 1966-1984
Vineeth Mathoor
11 "Jihadization" of Islamic Resistance: The Pattern of Great Revolutions from Nationalist Movements to Radicalism - A Case Study of Chechnya and Its Implications for Terrorist Activity
Dmitry Shlapentokh
12 ISIS Propaganda and Local Triggers as Drivers of Islamic Radicalisation: A Sociological Analysis of Easter Sunday Attacks in Sri Lanka
Kalinga Tudor Silva
PART 4: Islamic Ideals after 9/11
???? ??? 13 ?- In the Name of God? An Empirical Research about Figurations of the Islamic State in Selected Youtube©-Videos
Michael Cserkits
14 Guides for the "Fight in the Cause of Allah": The Inspire and Dabiq Magazines and Their Roles in the Disclosure of Jihad
Katty Cristina Lima Sá
PART 5: The Aesthetics of Terror Acts and Acts against Memory
15 The Body at War: Reimagining the Irish Troubles through the Post-9/11 Aesthetics of Torture in Steve McQueen's Hunger
Tatiana Konrad
16 "Bringing a Pitiful Giant to His Knees": Blowing up Monuments as Subversive Political Violence, 1840-1970
Daniel Leach
PART 6: The Rhetorics and Policies of Terror
17 War of the Words: Shultz, Weinberger, and the Rhetoric of Retaliation against Cold War Era Terrorism
Paul Cook
18 How to Understand an Enigmatic Ally: The Pakistan Army, Strategic Culture, and Its Conflicted Relationship with Terrorism
Mark Briskey
19 Terrorist Extradition through the Ages
Silke Zoller
20 The Rhetorics of Terror: Osama Bin Laden, George W. Bush, and Rethinking the 9/11 Attacks
Elizabeth L. Miller and William V. Hudon
Conclusion: 9/11 and the History of Terrorism as a Window into the Future and the Past
Graham Wrightson
Index
