The 50 worst terrorist attacks

The 50 worst terrorist attacks

by Mickolus, Edward F.

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"In the last 50 years, terrorists have committed hundreds of horrific acts of violence to further their causes. This accessible, single-volume text covers the most significant terrorist acts across contemporary history worldwide"--

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The 50 worst terrorist attacks / Edward F. Mickolus and Susan L. Simmons.

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"In the last 50 years, terrorists have committed hundreds of horrific acts of violence to further their causes. This accessible, single-volume text covers the most significant terrorist acts across contemporary history worldwide"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Praeger
  • Place of Publication:Santa Barbara, California
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014.

Notes

Includes indexes.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xx, 264 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781440828270, 144082827X
  • oclc:ocn856053804
  • LC Classification:HV6431
  • Dewey Decimal:363.32509

Table of Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- The 1960s -- The 1970s: -- March 31, 1970: Japan Airlines Flight 351 hijacking to North Korea -- September 6, 1970: Dawson's Field multiple aerial hijackings -- May 30, 1972: Machine gun attack in Lod Airport -- September 5, 1972: Munich Olympics attack -- May 15, 1974: Ma'alot massacre -- December 21, 1975: Vienna OPEC hostage-taking -- June 27, 1976: Entebbe -- October 6, 1976: Cubana Flight 455 bombing -- October 13, 1977: Landshut hijacking and GSG 9 rescue in Mogadishu -- March 16, 1978: Aldo Moro kidnapping -- August 27, 1979: Mountbatten assassination -- November 4, 1979: Iran hostage crisis -- November 20, 1979: Mecca Grand Mosque takeover -- The 1980s: -- August 2, 1980: Bologna train bombing -- October 6, 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassination -- April 18, 1983: U.S. Embassy in Beirut bombing -- October 23, 1983: U.S. Marine and French paratrooper barracks in Lebanon bombing -- June 23, 1985: Air India Flight 182 bombing -- October 7, 1985: Achille Lauro seajacking -- April 5, 1986: Berlin La Belle discotheque bombing -- September 5, 1986: Pan Am 73 hijacking -- December 21, 1988: Lockerbie bombing -- September 19, 1989: French airl…

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Subjects

History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom … Terrorism Terrorism -- History Terrorisme -- Histoire

Writers

Mickolus, Edward F. Simmons, Susan L.

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