NCJ Number
32748
Journal
HARPER'S Volume: 252 Issue: 1510 Dated: (MARCH 1976) Pages: 99-105
Date Published
1976
Length
7 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR EXAMINES AND REFUTES SEVERAL MYTHS REGARDING TERRORISM - INCLUDING THE BELIEF THAT THE EFFICACY OF TERRORISM IS COMMENSURATE WITH THE PUBLICITY THAT IT GENERATES.
Abstract
URBAN GUERRILLAS, IT IS ARGUED, ARE ACTUALLY URBAN TERRORISTS, FOR TRUE GUERRILLA WARFARE IS NOT PRACTICABLE IN THE CITIES. POLITICAL TERRORISM IS NOT A NEW PHENOMENON - ONLY THE CURRENT MANIFESTATIONS ARE NEW. TERRORIST GROUPS ARE SAID TO BE ELITIST ORGANIZATIONS, MOST OFTEN BELIEVING IN THE HISTORICAL MISSION OF A TINY MINORITY. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT ALTHOUGH TERRORISM DOES PRESENT SOME DANGER TO MODERN SOCIETY. THE MAGNIFICATION OF ITS IMPORTANCE CONSTITUTES A FAR GREATER DANGER.