This book examines the propaganda of two European terrorist groups, the Red Army Faction and the Provisional IRA. It aims to demonstrate how terrorists exploit and manipulate societies' sensitivities, media channels and governmental responses in an effort to terrorize some and gain support and sympathy from others. While detailing the motivations and intentions of violent propaganda, this book reveals some non-violent propaganda, very much ignored by analysts and policy makers alike. Indeed it is largely the success of this ...
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This book examines the propaganda of two European terrorist groups, the Red Army Faction and the Provisional IRA. It aims to demonstrate how terrorists exploit and manipulate societies' sensitivities, media channels and governmental responses in an effort to terrorize some and gain support and sympathy from others. While detailing the motivations and intentions of violent propaganda, this book reveals some non-violent propaganda, very much ignored by analysts and policy makers alike. Indeed it is largely the success of this non-violent propaganda that allows both of these terrorist groups to continue their violent outrages. This conclusion, while it may disturb, deserves serious consideration from anyone concerned with the growing and menacing problem of terrorism. In producing her analysis, Dr Wright aims to combine an understanding of her native Northern Ireland and an assessment of the difficulties of countering terrorism.
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