Origins of terrorism : psychologies, ideologies, theologies, states of mind / edited by Walter Reich
1990, First Edition. [Washington, D.C.] Cambridge [England] ; New York : Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ; Cambridge University Press. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Item #395121
Series; Woodrow Wilson Center series. Physical description; xi, 289 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990, in series: Woodrow Wilson Center series. With new foreword. Contents; The logic of terrorism / Martha Crenshaw -- Terrorist psycho-logic / Jerrold M. Post -- Ideology and rebellion / Konrad Kellen -- Ideology and repentance / Franco Ferracuti -- The psychopolitical formation of extreme left terrorism in a democracy / Ehud Sprinzak -- Terrorism in democracies / Ted Robert Gurr -- Sacred terror / David C. Rapoport -- The moral logic of Hizballah / Martin Kramer -- Mechanisms of moral disengagement / Albert Bandura -- The readiness to kill and die / Ariel Merari -- Hostage taking, the presidency, and stress / Margaret G. Hermann and Charles F. Hermann -- Taking vows / Gary Sick -- Questions to be answered, research to be done, knowledge to be applied / Martha Crenshaw -- Understanding terrorist behavior / Walter Reich. Subjects; Terrorism Psychological aspects. Terrorism - civil disorder - conflict - social processes - sociology. Terrorists Psychology.
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