An Anatomy of Terror; A History of Terrorism

by Andrew Sinclair

• ISBN13: 9780333989777
• ISBN10: 0333989775
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-09-04
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Summary

We all have to live with terror now. There is no avoiding it. There never has been, from the era of Homer to the time of Osama bin Laden.

Author Biography

Andrew Sinclair is a novelist, historian and filmmaker. He is a lecturer on history, cinema, and English literature.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xiii
Introduction	xv
1. ANCIENT TERRORS	1	(8)
2. THE TEXTS OF HOLY TERROR	9	(12)
3. THE HORROR OF THE CRUSADES	21	(6)
4. THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS	27	(11)
5. THE ANABAPTISTS AND MILLENNIAL TERROR	38	(4)
6. SACRED TERROR AND THE FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS	42	(5)
7. BEAST AND PEST: THE ORIGINS OF BIOTERROR	47	(9)
8. THE OUTLAW AND THE GUERRILLA	56	(11)
9. THE ILLUMINATI AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION	67	(7)
10. THE TERROR	74	(6)
11. NATIONALIST SECRET SOCIETIES	80	(10)
12. THE EARLY ART AND LITERATURE OF TERROR	90	(10)
13. BLACK TERROR	100	(7)
14. TERROR AND THE WARRIOR	107	(5)
15. THUGGEE	112	(13)
16. THE SECRET SOCIETIES OF CHINA	125	(5)
17. THE ANARCHISTS	130	(8)
18. THE ANARCHY OF THE WEST	138	(5)
19. THE KU KLUX KLAN	143	(15)
20. THE MAFIA	158	(17)
21. THE IRISH REBELLION	175	(10)
22. STATE TERROR AND THE BOLSHEVIKS	185	(9)
23. THE REVOLT OF LABOUR	194	(6)
24. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WORLD WAR	200	(12)
25. THE ROAD TO BARCELONA	212	(9)
26. THE FAILED AMERICAN REVOLUTION	221	(15)
27. THE SHAME OF JAPAN	236	(4)
28. FEAR, STRANGE MERCY AND ANNIHILATION	240	(6)
29. THE FINAL SOLUTION	246	(6)
30. AFRICAN SECRET SOCIETIES	252	(6)
31. THE GULAG LIES	258	(6)
32. THE FORCED REFUGEES	264	(7)
33. THE PROBLEM OF PALESTINE	271	(12)
34. THE KILLING FIELDS OF ASIA	283	(6)
35. GUEVARA: SWIMMING IN A DRY SEA	289	(13)
36. THE BROADCAST HORROR	302	(10)
37. THE UNUSED DETERRENCE	312	(5)
38. ETHNIC TERROR	317	(10)
39. RETURN TO HOLY WAR	327	(9)
40. REVENGE OF ISLAM	336	(10)
41. COUNTDOWN TO KABUL	346	(7)
42. THE FUTURE OF TERROR	353	(10)
ENVOI	363	(8)
Notes	371	(15)
Index	386