Format:
ix, 646 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
1786637197
,
9781786637192
Uniform Title:
Die Erfindung des Terrorismus in Europa, Russland und den USA 1858-1866
Content:
Zusammenfassung: "This book examines key cases of terrorist violence to show that the invention of terrorism was linked to the birth of modernity in Europe, Russia and the United States, rather than to Tsarist despotism in 19th century Russia or to Islam sects in Medieval Persia. Combining a highly readable historical narrative with analysis of larger issues in social and political history, the author argues that the dissemination of news about terrorist violence was at the core of a strategy that aimed for political impact on rulers as well as the general public. Dietze's lucid account also reveals how the spread of knowledge about terrorist acts was, from the outset, a transatlantic process. Two incidents form the book's centerpiece. The first is the failed attempt to assassinate French Emperor Napoléon III by Felice Orsini in 1858, in an act intended to achieve Italian unity and democracy. The second case study offers a new reading of John Brown's raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859, as a decisive moment in the abolitionist struggle and occurrences leading to the American Civil War. Three further examples from Germany, Russia, and the US are scrutinized to trace the development of the tactic by first imitators. With their acts of violence, the "invention" of terrorism was completed. Terrorism has existed as a tactic since then and has essentially only been adapted through the use of new technologies and methods"--(Provided by publisher.)
Note:
"First published in English, revised and expanded from the German edition" - Rückseite der Titelseite
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781786637208
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781786637215
Language:
English
Keywords:
Orsini, Felice 1819-1858
;
Brown, John 1800-1859
;
Becker, Oskar 1839-1868
;
Booth, John Wilkes 1838-1865
;
Karakozov, Dmitrij V. 1840-1866
;
Europa
;
Russland
;
USA
;
Terrorismus
;
Geschichte 1858-1866
;
Geschichte 1858-1866
;
Europa
;
Terrorismus
;
Geschichte 1858-1866
;
USA
;
Terrorismus
;
Geschichte 1858-1866
Author information:
Dietze, Carola 1973-
Bookmarklink
