The Forefathers of Terrorism: Violent Crime in Politics, ...
Dillinger, Johannes / Kilday, Anne-Marie
The Forefathers of Terrorism investigates the beginnings of organized political crime. Ever since the beginnings of the modern state in the late Middle Ages, the state has been challenged by terrorist violence. This book explores the origins and development of two essential forms of terrorism, the assassination of rulers and attacks on the civilian population, explaining how the fight against political crime helped to shape the modern state it...