Two world experts on the study of terror and security propose a theory of violence that contextualizes not only recent acts of terror but also instances of terrorism that stretch back centuries. Beginning with ancient Palestine and its encounters with Jewish terrorism, the authors analyze the social, political, and cultural factors sponsoring extreme violence, proving that religious terrorism is not the fault of one faith, but flourishes within any counterculture adhering to a totalistic ideology. Conducting interviews with former Jewish terrorists, political and spiritual leaders, and law-enforcement officials, and culling information from rare documents and surveys of terrorist networks, Pedahzur and Perliger construct an extensive portrait of terrorist aggression while also describing the conditions behind the modern rise of zealotry.Ronny Sofer and Efrat Weiss, aExtremist Stronghold in Moasi Evacuated by Army and Police, a Ynet, June 29, 2005 (Hebrew), http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/ 0, 7340, L-3105843, 00.html (April 15, 2006). Ronny Sofer and Hanan Greenberg, aGazaanbsp;...
Title | : | Jewish Terrorism in Israel |
Author | : | Ami Pedahzur, Arie Perliger |
Publisher | : | Columbia University Press - 2011 |
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