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The Foundations of Modern Terrorism Why is it that terrorism has become such a central factor in our lives, despitealltheeffortstoeradicateit?RangingfromearlymodernEuropeto the contemporary Middle East, Martin A. Miller reveals the foundations of modern terrorism. He argues that the French Revolution was a water- shedmoment,asitwasthenthatordinarycitizensfirstclaimedtherightto govern.Thetraditionalnotionofstatelegitimacywasforeveraltered,and terrorism became part of a violent contest over control of state power betweenofficialsingovernmentandinsurgentsinsociety.Inthenineteenth and twentieth centuries terrorism e volved into a way of seeing the world andawayoflifeforbothinsurgentsandstatesecurityforces,withthetwo sides drawn ever closer in their behaviour and tactics. This is a ground- breaking history of terrorism which, for the first time, integrates the violence ofgovernments and insurgencies. Martin A. Miller is Professor in the Department of History and the DepartmentofSlavicandEurasianStudiesatDukeUniversity.Aspecialist in Russian revolutionary movements, his earlier books include Freud and theBolsheviks (1998) and The RussianRevolution (2001). The Foundations of Modern Terrorism State, Society and the Dynamics of Political Violence Martin A. Miller DukeUniversity cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaby CambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107621084 #MartinA.Miller2013 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2013 PrintedandboundintheUnitedKingdombytheMPGBooksGroup AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Miller,MartinA.(MartinAlan),1938–author. Thefoundationsofmodernterrorism:state,societyandthedynamicsofpolitical violence/MartinA.Miller,DukeUniversity. pagescm isbn978-1-107-02530-1(Hardback)–isbn978-1-107-62108-4(Paperback) 1. Terrorism. I. Title. hv6431.m573452012 363.325–dc23 2012021046 isbn978-1-107-02530-1Hardback isbn978-1-107-62108-4Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredto inthispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. In memory of Lily and Alfred Feiler Itisjust that what isjust must be followed. Itisnecessary that what isstrongest must be followed. Justice without force isimpotent. Force withoutjusticeis tyrannical... So one must combine justice and force,and inso doing, making that which isjust, strong,and what isstrong,just. Justice issubjecttodispute. Forceisvery recognizableand indisputable. Thus one cannot give force to justice because force contradictsjustice, having said that it [justice] was unjust and that it was itself[force] just. And thus being unable to make that which isjust, stronger, one hasmade what is strong, more just. BLAISEPASCAL(1623–1662),OPUSCULESETPENSEES,editedby Leon Brunschvicg (Paris: Hachette, 1897), no. 298,p. 470.
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