Terrorism through the Ages

Graham Wrightson, Ph.D. (2013), University of Calgary, is Associate Professor of History at South Dakota State University. He has published multiple articles and papers and three monographs on Macedonian warfare. As a co-editor he has published three conference proceedings with two more forthcoming.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: The Legacy of 9/11 as a Window to Examine Terrorism through the AgesGraham WrightsonPART 1: 9/11 as a Window to Greece and Rome1 Eternal Enmity between East and West: The Mechanics of Retribution in Herodotus’ Historical Causation and the 21st-Century War on TerrorJaime A. González-Ocaña2 A Rhetoric of Terrorism; A Rhetoric of Piracy: Comparing Roman and Post-9/11 Designations of TerroristAaron L. BeekPART 2: Pre-modern Conceptualization and Examples of Terrorism3 Tyrants and Terror: Violence and Fear in the Literary Accounts of the Athenian Civil WarsFrancesco Mori4 Mucius Scaevola: An Ancient Roman TerroristGaius Stern5 State Terrorism in the Late Roman RepublicTimothy Smith6 The Manifold Impact of Chevauchées as Policies of Terror (c.1350–1400)João Nisa and Ölbei TamásPART 3: Case-Studies of Modern TerrorismSection 1: 1850–19457 The Original “Spectacular”? The Intentions and Impacts of the 1858 Orsini BombingJames Crossland8 Before There Was September 11th, 2001: The Military Response to Non-State ActorsPaul J. Cook9 Mad or Bad? Paul Gorguloff, the Man Who Killed the French President in 1932Chris MillingtonSection 2: 1945–202110 Who Owns Terrorism in Democracy? State Terrorism and Violence in India, 1966–1984Vineeth Mathoor11 ”Jihadization” of Islamic Resistance: The Pattern of Great Revolutions from Nationalist Movements to Radicalism - A Case Study of Chechnya and Its Implications for Terrorist ActivityDmitry Shlapentokh12 ISIS Propaganda and Local Triggers as Drivers of Islamic Radicalisation: A Sociological Analysis of Easter Sunday Attacks in Sri LankaKalinga Tudor SilvaPART 4: Islamic Ideals after 9/11???? ??? 13 ?- In the Name of God? An Empirical Research about Figurations of the Islamic State in Selected Youtube©-VideosMichael Cserkits14 Guides for the “Fight in the Cause of Allah”: The Inspire and Dabiq Magazines and Their Roles in the Disclosure of JihadKatty Cristina Lima SáPART 5: The Aesthetics of Terror Acts and Acts against Memory15 The Body at War: Reimagining the Irish Troubles through the Post-9/11 Aesthetics of Torture in Steve McQueen’s HungerTatiana Konrad16 “Bringing a Pitiful Giant to His Knees”: Blowing up Monuments as Subversive Political Violence, 1840–1970Daniel LeachPART 6: The Rhetorics and Policies of Terror17 War of the Words: Shultz, Weinberger, and the Rhetoric of Retaliation against Cold War Era TerrorismPaul Cook18 How to Understand an Enigmatic Ally: The Pakistan Army, Strategic Culture, and Its Conflicted Relationship with TerrorismMark Briskey19 Terrorist Extradition through the AgesSilke Zoller20 The Rhetorics of Terror: Osama Bin Laden, George W. Bush, and Rethinking the 9/11 AttacksElizabeth L. Miller and William V. HudonConclusion: 9/11 and the History of Terrorism as a Window into the Future and the PastGraham WrightsonIndex