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Library of Congress Cataloging
Names: Cockburn, Patrick
Title: Terrorism In Europe / by Patrick Cockburn and journalists of The Independent
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016917890
ISBN 9781633534490 (paperback), ISBN 9781633534483 (eBook)
BISAC Category Code: POL037000 POLITICAL SCIENCE/Terrorism
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TERRORISM IN EUROPE: In the Crosshairs Again
ISBN: 978-1-63353-449-0
Printed in the United States of America
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."
– Mark Twain
Table of Contents
MORE DEADLY IN THE 1970s & 80s
THE PROTOTYPE FOR MODERN TERRORISM
MEETING CARLOS FOR ONE LAST TIME
PAN-AM 103, LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND
NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM
CHAPTER 5
NATIONALISTS/SEPARATISTS
BASQUE NATIONALIST SEPARATIST ORGANIZATION (ETA)
HISTORY OF ETA
PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT?
‘PERMANENT’ END TO VIOLENCE?
IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY (IRA)
ARMED STRUGGLE
REAL LIFE IRA
COLLUSION BETWEEN MI5 AND THE IRA
THE NEW IRA
CHAPTER 6
PRELUDE TO ISLAMIC TERROR
ROOTS OF TERROR
ROOTS IN FRANCE PLANTED 20 YEARS AGO