TERRORIST

Terrorist Motivations and Organizations

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Terrorist Motivations and Organizations

Introduction

The modern global community has passed through four expressive eras of terrorist activity. The anarchist period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries sought to overturn the international order. Post-World War II to the mid-1960s saw the liberationist and nationalist motivation for terrorism as many societies strove for political mastery of their destinies. Ideological motivations for terrorist activity, especially of the leftist sort, characterized the 1960s through the late 1980s. The latest division has been the religious period, which describes various groups since the late 1980s. In addition, motivations for terrorist ...