Terrorism, a History: Stage One
TERRORISM, A HISTORY: STAGE ONE * SHARON HARZENSKI Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION ............................... 138 II. BACKGROUND ................................. 143 A. Definitional Difficulties: Political Action or Criminal Conduct ..................... 143 III. REVOLUTIONS ................................ 147 A. A Terrorist Tree: Evolution in Action ............ 147 IV. CONCLUSION ................................. 190 A. Fruits of the Poisonous Tree .................... 190 “Our cultures, our histories, grasp us with a thousand invisible fingers. [E]ach country is inhabited not only by its citizens but also by ghosts from the past and by phantasms from imaginary futures or saints 1 from lands outside time.” * In order to write I am obliged to dedicate. Because this piece so often concerns revolutionaries and because revolutionaries are, for many of us, romantic “outlaw” figures, and because w e suffer for our illusions, I dedicate the work to culture heroes. And, because my husband is one of the culture heroes of our generation, especially to him and to our communal redemption, I dedicate this work. Whisky Jack shook his head. ‘I’m a culture hero,’ he said. ‘We do the same shit gods do, we just screw up more and nobody worships us. They tell stories about us, but they tell the ones that make us look bad along with the ones where we came out fairly okay.’ NEIL GAIMAN, AMERICAN GODS 400 (2001). In addition, I would like to express my appreciation to the James E. Beasley School of Law for their continuing financial support and encouragement. 1. ROBERT CONQUEST, REFLECTIONS ON A RAVAGED CENTURY 29 (2000). My youth cut across the 1960-1970 era of Civil Rights, hippies, anti-war protests, with all the accompanying violence associated with these movements.
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