| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 379 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
| Series |
Brill's specials in modern history ; volume 6 |
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Brill's specials in modern history ; v. 6.
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| Contents |
9/11 as a window to Greece and Rome -- Pre-modern conceptualization and examples of terrorism -- Case studies of modern terrorism -- Islamic ideals after 9/11 -- The aesthetics of terror acts and acts against memory -- The rhetorics and policies of terror |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 21, 2023) |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- History
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Terrorism -- Political aspects -- History
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Terrorism
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Terrorism -- Political aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wrightson, Graham (Graham Charles Liquorish), editor.
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| LC no. |
2023020508 |
| ISBN |
9004548467 |
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9789004548466 |
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