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Author Geifman, Anna, 1962- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJk96mbjmpyP4gHpQ7ppT3

Title Death orders : the vanguard of modern terrorism in revolutionary Russia / Anna Geifman.

Imprint Westport, CT : Praeger Security International, ©2010.

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Description 1 online resource.
Series Praeger books online
Summary Explores psychological incentives for aggressive behavior and ideologically motivated hostility, as they evinced themselves in the early 20th-century Russian political setting, and poses questions related to the universality of contemporary terrorist practices and to apply psychohistorical means of inquiry to modern and postmodern terrorism in various parts of the world, particularly the Middle East.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction -- A birthplace of modern terrorism -- The uniform as symbolic target -- Civilians under fire -- Ideology abused -- Terrorists as common criminals -- Camouflaged suicide -- A fatal attraction -- When terrorists become state leaders -- The culture of death.
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Subject Terrorism -- Russia -- History.
Political violence -- Russia -- History.
Terrorism -- Russia (Federation) -- History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
Political violence
Terrorism
Russia
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Geifman, Anna, 1962- Death orders. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger Security International, ©2010 9780275997526 (DLC) 2010006611 (OCoLC)569480922
ISBN 9780275997526 (alk. paper)
0275997529 (alk. paper)
9780275997533 (electronic bk.)
0275997537 (electronic bk.)