Terrorism since 1945: waves, methods, 9/11 and the War on Terror

What this note covers

1. Defining terrorism and what Question 11 asks
2. Rapoport's 'four waves' and its critics
3. Anticolonial and ethno-nationalist terrorism
4. New Left, state and other forms of terrorism
5. The religious wave, al-Qaeda and 9/11
6. Responses: the War on Terror and its impact
7. Writing the terrorism essay

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