Links
to the Past: Course Sites for Dr. Christopher Lovett
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Links
to the Past: Course Sites for Dr. Christopher Lovett
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updated as of 9 Feb 03
Back to Iraq: The Search for Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction Bush's New National Security Strategy of the United States Contemporary Terrorist Organizations Eisenhower
Library Research Topics Map of Islamic Terrorist Cells in the U.S.A.
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WH/AH
522A: History of Terrorism
This course is designed for
undergraduates, teachers, and interested graduate students so that they may become better
informed concerning the historical origins of political terrorism. Karl von Clausewitz said that war is a
continuation of politics by other means: terrorism, on the other hand, is war fought on a
different level by a different set of rules. Political terrorism and political
assassination have a long and varied history and have altered the world political stage,
as we know it. The History of Terrorism will begin with the assassinations
of Caesar and continue through the tragedy of 9/11. The
birth of contemporary terrorism, however, has its origins in the nineteenth century, with
the rise of nationalism and subsequent political extremism found in Russia, Bulgaria, and
Ireland. The History
of Terrorism will examine all facets of terrorism and much more starting
with the Propaganda of the Deed to the suicide bombers inflicting such destruction
in Israel, from the Inner Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) to the Islamic
Jihad, from Osama bin Laden to the other radical groups, which are hell bent on toppling
all existing regimes by violence. CLASS
ORGANIZATION: The
class will meet at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, July 1 and continue for the next three weeks and
will conclude on July 18. Terrorism is
organized as a lecture/discussion class centering on a series of PowerPoint presentations and films used during
the course of the summer session. Students and teachers are encouraged to purchase the
texts, Walter Laqueur's The New Terrorism,
Laurie Mylroie’s War Against America, and the recommended book, James
Hodge’s How Did This Happen? at either the Textbook Corner or the University
Bookstore. Additional materials are
available on this site. GRADES: Grades will be based for undergraduates on one take home examination due to the instructor of record by August 1, 2002 and a book review over one of the books used during the class. Undergraduates have the option of reading the recommended book, How Did This Happen? and write an additional review over that book in lieu of taking the take home examination. The take home examination should not exceed five double space typed pages. The same applies to the book review as well. For graduate students seeking an MA, they are expected to write a comparative book review over two books from those used in class or from the bibliography provided by the professor as well as taking the take home examination. For those graduate students not familiar with writing a comparative book review, they are encouraged to examine a copy of either the New York Review of Books or The New York Times Book Review available in the library. Graduate students working on an MAT (Master of Arts
of Teaching), they are expected to turn in an activity-based unit lesson
plan on terrorism with an explanatory essay of no less than five double-spaced pages on
how they would integrate a unit concerning terrorism into either their history or
government classes. All students, regardless of their classification are expected to take the pre and post examination which will be used to determine the final grade in the class. PRACTICAL EXERCISES: Students will participate in two practical exercises during the course of the class. Each will be completed in-class from materials available on this web site. The requirements for Practical Exercise One and Practical Exercise Two can be found by using the hyperlinks. TEXT
BOOKS:
Books can be purchase at either the Textbook Corner or the Memorial Union Bookstore. The professor will also provide a bibliography,
filmography, and other handouts for the class. Required
Books: Walter
Laqueur. The New Terrorism. Oxford, 1999. Laurie
Mylroie. The War Against America.
Little, Brown, 2001. Recommended
Book: James
F. Hoge, Jr., How Did This Happen? Public Affairs, 2001.
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