Waves of Global Terrorism: From 1880 to the Present Rapoport David C.
Waves of Global Terrorism: From 1880 to the Present Rapoport David C. Terrorism is a persistent form of political violence, but it appears intermittently, afflicting certain places in certain eras…
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Waves of Global Terrorism: From 1880 to the Present Rapoport David C.
Terrorism is a persistent form of political violence, but it appears intermittently, afflicting certain places in certain eras while others remain unscathed. Why have past outbreaks of terror tended to come in waves, and how does this pattern shed light on future threats?David C. Since the late nineteenth century, it has risen and fallen in recurrent generation-long spasms in which hundreds of short-lived groups wreak havoc.
He examines the dynamics of each wave, contrasting their tactics, targets, and goals and placing them in the context of the much longer history of terrorism. Rapoport, a preeminent scholar of political violence, identifies and analyzes four distinct waves of global terrorism. Global terror emerged in the 1880s after technological changes transformed communication and transportation and dynamite enabled individuals or small groups to carry out bombings.