Terrorism: The Nature of its History

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Introduction

The history of terrorism is at least two millenniums old . Despite the fact that victims , targets causes , justifications and perpetrators for application of terror has changed over the years , the methods applied have largely remained the same over the years . I developmental stages of terrorism as discussed by Garrison in his book Terrorism : the nature of its history . The book demonstrates that terrorism is highly defined by its history and it is portrayed as the application of violence and intimidation to cause

significant fear . The main objective of using terrorism is to compel societal behaviour to change or compel a society to adopt the ideologies and objectives of terrorists . These objectives appear to have remained throughout the history of terrorism and since Garrison appreciates that fact , I am in agreement with this particular book on the issue of history and nature of terrorism (GARRISON , 2003

Nature of terrorism

Today , terrorism is a global phenomenon . Garrison says that according to the FBI reports , terrorist organisations are basically designated as major security threats to not only the United States but indeed the whole world . He further suggests that terrorist organisations are supported significantly by various nations such as Sudan , Iraq , Iran North Korea , Libya , Syria and Cuba . Although it is difficult to accurately determine the exact extent to which any of these nations support terrorism , it is quite true that they support the vice in one way or another . For terrorism to...