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Turning to political violence :

Sageman, Marc

Turning to political violence : the emergence of terrorism / Marc Sageman. - xxii, 496 pages

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. A Model of the Turn to Political Violence; 2. The French Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Political Violence; 3. Political Violence from the Restoration to the Paris Commune; 4. The Professionalization of Terroristic Violence in Russia; 5. Anarchism and the Expansion of Political Violence; 6. The Specialized Terrorist Organization: The PSR Combat Unit 1902-1908; 7. Banditry, the End of a World, and Indiscriminate Political Violence; 8. Policy Implications; Appendix. Testing the Social Identity Perspective Model of the Turn to Political Violence; Notes

Counterterrorism consultant Marc Sageman examines the history and theory of political violence in his comprehensive new book. Seeking patterns across numerous key case studies, Turning to Political Violence offers a paradigm-shifting perspective that yields stark new implications for how liberal democracies should respond to terrorism.

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Political violence--History.
Radicalization--History.
Terrorism--History.
Terrorists--Psychology--History.

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