| Description |
xviii, 494 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-484) and index. |
| Contents |
Electronic Surveillance in Domestic Security Cases, June 19, 1972 -- The "Bloody Friday" Attacks in Northern Ireland, July 24, 1972 -- Murder of Israeli Athletes at the Munich Olympic Games, September 10, 1972 -- Messages by Patty Hearst Following Her Kidnapping, February 12 and April 3, 1974 -- Arafat's Speech Before the UN General Assembly, November 13, 1974 -- Rockefeller Report on the CIA's Domestic Activities, June 10, 1975 -- Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans, April 26, 1976 -- Israeli Prime Minister Rabin on the Entebbe Airport Raid, July 4, 1976 -- Presidential Directive/NSC-6 on Relations with Cuba, March 15, 1977 -- President Carter Commutes Sentences for 1950s Attacks, September 6, 1979 -- The Beginning of the Iran Hostage Crisis, November 12 and December 4, 1979 -- Rescue Attempt and Release of U.S. Hostages in Iran, April 25, 1980 and January 20, 1981 -- The Attempted Assassination of Pope John Paul II, May 13 and 17, 1981 -- The Assassination of Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat, October 6 and 9, 1981 -- The World War II Internment of Japanese-Americans, February 24, 1983 -- Bombing of the U.S. Marine Headquarters in Lebanon, December 19, 1983 -- Speech on Terrorism by Secretary of State Shultz, October 25, 1984 -- The Assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, October 31, 1984 -- Release of the Hostages from TWA Flight 847, June 30, 1985 -- President Reagan Charges Five Nations with Terrorism, July 8, 1985 -- National Security Directive on Terrorism, January 20, 1986. |
| Summary |
A timely reference on the history of terrorism from 1972 to the present. Terrorism: A Documentary History is a new ready-reference that provides definitive documents which demonstrate what terrorism is, how it has been used, why groups engage in it, and the methods used to defeat it. This important volume includes 100 entries on the topic of terrorism from 1972 to the present. Each document begins with a unique headnote that: Explains the historical events leading to the document; Analyzes the document; Provides context and relevance of the document to terrorism. -- Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- History -- Sources.
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Terrorism -- History.
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Terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01148101
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Bekämpfung (DE-588)4112701-8
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Internationaler Terrorismus (DE-588)4162078-1
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Terrorismus (DE-588)4059534-1
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United States (DE-588)4078704-7
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United States.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1972.
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| Genre/Form |
Quelle.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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Quelle.
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| Added Author |
Maxwell, Bruce, 1959-
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| ISBN |
1568027672 |
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9781568027678 |
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