Terrorism through the Ages

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

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 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