By Stephen Sloan
Supplying a concise heritage of terrorism because the French Revolution, the writer considers the connection among terrorism and war, crime, expertise, globalization and the nation. He investigates the that means of the be aware "terrorism" and exhibits how the definition and perform have either developed over the years. all through, he considers what motivates terrorists and what they desire to complete.
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Directly, as in the case of the Oklahoma City bombing or the World Trade Center attacks, where numerous people could literally say that if they had not been late to work or chosen to take the day off, they could have been in the ruins of the destroyed buildings. One can only imagine the longterm psychological impact on those individuals, but even more disturbing is the indirect psychological impact on the part of those who could have been victims. Those who witnessed the carnage from five or five thousand miles away share a common emotion in an interconnected world.
On one hand, this revolution maintained that the legitimacy of a state could not be justified on the basis of divine right, but only on the basis that the state represented a particular community known as a nation through a concept of democratic government. On the other hand, however, this revolution spawned the phrase “reign of terror,” which was viewed as not only an acceptable but positive means by 02Terrorism 28/6/06 9:34 am Page 41 Terrorism: A Historical Perspective • 41 which the revolutionary government could restore order after the chaotic period of revolutionary activities.
The understanding brings necessary analytic order and a degree of objectivity that would be impossible to achieve if one simply said that terrorism was just mindless violence. This understanding does not suggest that there are not those who for whatever reason engage in violence for violence’s sake, but most individuals and groups involved in terrorism are goal-directed – not only in regard to objectives achieved in this life but, as in the case of suicide bombers, also the next. Terrorism as Strategy and Tactics Since those who engage in terrorism are not involved in mindless violence, what brings a sense of direction, planning and cohesion to the individual acts and campaigns of terrorism?
