HIST 3902 Lecture 1: HIST3902 - Lecture 1
19 Dec 2016
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Le c tu re o n e : te rro ris m is th e. Fu tu re o f wa r:p s yc h o lo g ic a l. Te rro ris m s ta rte d in eu ro p e . Europe gave the preconditions for terrorism to grow, to a point where it was too large. The preconditions were exported elsewhere, and became international. A tim e lin e o f p re c u rs o rs to te rro ris m. At one point a legitimate ruler who is delegitimized. Secret societies then emerged, such as zealots and assassins. The next precondition is gun powder in ancient times people used to carry out terror acts with a knife or a blade (one vs. one terror). Gunpowder made it possible for an individual to attack multiple individuals at once.
