Chris Millington

The Invention of Terrorism in France, 1904-1939

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Based on research in French archives and the press, Constructions of Terrorism in France investigates how perceptions and representations of terrorism evolved in the early twentieth century from the notion that terrorism was the deed of the mad anarchist bomber to the understanding that terrorism was a political act perpetrated against French interests by organized international movements"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 160mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781503636521
• ISBN-10: 1503636526
• Artikelnr.: 67486396

Autorenporträt

Chris Millington is Reader in Modern European History at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Cultures of Terrorism
1. Made in Russia: Emerging Perceptions of Terrorism Before the Great War
2. The Anarchist and the Tiger: Emile Cottin and the Shooting of Prime
Minister Georges Clemenceau, February 1919
3. The Giant Assassin: Paul Gorguloff and the Killing of President Paul
Doumer, May 1932
4. Killing a King: The Assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia,
October 1934
5. Bombings, Piracy, and Kidnapping: Terrorism in France During 1937
Conclusion: Terror in the Dark Years, 1940-1944