NCJ Number
29619
Date Published
1971
Length
88 pages
Annotation
EXPANDED VERSION OF A SERIES OF TALKS FIRST AIRED BY THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY AND AIMED AT PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION AND INSIGHT ON THE MOTIVATION AND MECHANICS OF ASSASSINATION AND TERRORISM.
Abstract
THE FIRST THREE SECTIONS OUTLINE THE MEANING AND HISTORY OF ASSASSINATION IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND DISCUSS THREE COMMON JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE ACT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LONE ASSASSINS AND ASSASSINATION GROUPS. THE AUTHOR THEN TAKES UP THE SUBJECT OF TERRORISM, COMPARING IT TO ASSASSINATION AND DETAILING HOW ASSASSINATION IS INCORPORATED INTO THE TERRORIST MENTALITY. THE CONCLUDING CHAPTERS DELVE INTO THE STRATEGY, TACTICS AND ORGANIZATION OF TERRORISTS AND RELATE THESE ELEMENTS TO SOME SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY REVOLUTIONARY INSURRECTIONISTS SUCH AS THE AMERICAN 'SONS OF LIBERTY' AND THE RUSSIAN ANTI-TSARISTS AND TO CONTEMPORARY TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN PLACES LIKE ALGERIA, IRELAND, AND THE MIDDLE EAST. THE 'REVOLUTIONARY CATECHISM' OF NACHAYEV, THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY AND TERRORIST, IS PROVIDED FOR REFERENCE ALONG WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ASSASSINATION AND TERRORISM.