Lecture Notes 11/10/08: Terrorism
Reactionary Rage Movements - Terrorism
- “One man willing to throw his life away is enough to terrorize thousands.” -Wu Ch’I
- “We cannot reject terror, as it is one form of military action which may be perfectly suitable or
even essential at a definite juncture in battle.” -Lenin
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Defining Terrorism
- Hard to give a precise definition because people tend to see terrorism as what the enemy is
doing, which is incorrect
- 1st used by Edmund Burke to describe the first French reign of terror after the French
Revolution
- Academic Consensus/UN Consensus: On bspace
- Terrorism is a specific method, how you direct your violence; strategy
- Symbolic effect
- Designed to create a state of fear
- The point is not who you kill, but the effect it has
- Not a government action
- Calculated military strategy
- Change the behavior of a population of govt. by showing your power and instilling fear
- Public demonstration
- Propaganda by deed
- Aimed more at the audience than the victim
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- Fall '08
- acker
- Reign of Terror, Terrorism Reactionary Rage, new international terrorism
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