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URBAN TERRORISM - THEORY, PRACTICE AND RESPONSE

NCJ Number
36826
Author(s)
A M BURTON
Date Published
1975
Length
269 pages
Annotation
EXAMINATION OF THE IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL ORIGINS OF THE MODERN URBAN GUERRILLA WITH ANALYSES OF SPECIFIC SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD INCLUDING NAZI GERMANY, URAGUAY, ADEN, BRITAIN, AND THE UNITED STATES.
Abstract
THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE MOTIVATION AND TACTICAL THINKING OF SUCH MEN AS BAKUNIN, MARIGHELA, GUEVARA, AND LENIN, AND DEBRAY AND SHOWS HOW THEIR OUTLOOK AND THEIR METHODS HAVE BEEN BUILT UPON AND ADAPTED AS ONE GROUP OF GUERILLAS SUCCEEDS ANOTHER. IT IS CONCERNED WITH THE USE OF VIOLENCE ON THE STREETS WHICH IS AIMED AT THE OVERTHROW OF GOVERMENTS OR WHICH, IN THE COLONIAL/ SEPARATIST CONTEXT IS DESIGNED TO PRESSURE FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS INTO ACCEDING TO DEMANDS FOR INDEPENDENCE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)