Modern Terrorism

Dan Snow's History Hit

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🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

At the end of the 19th century, the world came to fear terrorism. In an era that simmered with political rage and social inequalities, anarchists and nationalists took to bombing cities and attacking lawmakers and leaders. With an outrage-hungry press peddling hysteria, conspiracy theories and fake news, readers began to think they were living through the end of days. Add social media to the mix and it all sounds a bit familiar.

Dr James Crossland, Reader in International History at Liverpool John Moores University, joins Dan on the podcast to discuss the origins of modern terrorism, parallels with what we see today with groups from ISIS to the Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol in Washington DC in 2021 and how exactly terrorism works.

Dr James Crossland's new book is called 'Rise of Devils'.

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0:00.0	Welcome everybody to Dan Snow's History Hit. In the second half of the 20th
0:06.3	century, one monitoring group claims that there were 11,245 acts of terror in
0:15.5	Western Europe. Most of these tests were carried out by terrorist groups or
0:20.3	non-state agents. What is terror? The someone like me who grew up in the 80s and
0:25.7	90s in Britain, a threat of Irish-publican terrorism was always present. There
0:31.6	were cases of hate crimes, anti-gay terror in the 90s in London, and then the
0:39.6	rise of Islamic terror, particularly 9-11, to begin with the 21st century. What is
0:46.4	terrorism and where does it come from? How is it different from old-fashioned
0:50.5	political violence? Hiring a mob to go over and assassinate one of your key
0:56.2	competitors. Well, it's a answering question. I've got the very brilliant James
1:00.7	Crossland is a reader in international history at Liverpool John Moore's University.
1:04.3	He's written a new book called The Rise of Devils, Fear and the Origins of
1:09.3	Modern Terrorism. We're going to talk about terrorism in the 19th and early 20th
1:13.6	century. A time of dynamite, bombing, anarchists and mass hysteria is
1:21.4	fascinating stuff. Enjoy.
1:24.6	He might have hit.
1:26.5	The Tommy's found dropped off. He'll go sheep, stars, caves, the kings.
1:29.7	No black, white, unity until they're dispersed in black unity. Never to go to war with one another
1:35.4	game. James, could you have you on the podcast? Thank you for having me. What is
1:47.2	terrorism and is it a modern phenomenon? Why is the guy who went and assassinated the
1:50.7	Druker Buckingham at the beginning of the 17th century, not a terrorist? What is
1:53.6	terrorism? Well, maybe he was. Terrorism is a tricky one. It can be defined in many
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