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Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups

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ISBN-10: 0313324859

ISBN-13: 9780313324857

Edition: 2004

Authors: Stephen E. Atkins

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Extremism has taken root and grown the world over. These 290 alphabetically organized entries detail the notorious and often violent history, activities, and beliefs of the most active and influential extremists and extremist groups in operation around the globe. Atkins highlights the dark truth that people of all ideologies, religions, regions, and races share a readiness for violence. This will be a very useful guide to students and scholars looking for a quick and easy- to-use guide to those groups and persons whose acts have unfortunately dominated headlines over the past several decades. Well over three-quarter of the book's entries focus on extremist activity since 1980, with many…    
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Book details

List price: $100.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 5/30/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

STEPHEN E. ATKINS is Assistant University Librarian for Collection Management, Texas A&M University Libraries. He received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Iowa. He is the author of Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups (Greenwood, 2002), Dictionary of Atomic Energy (Greenwood, 2000), which received the Booklist Editor's Choice Awards for 2000, Terrorism: A Handbook (1992), Arms Control and Disarmament, Defense and Military, International Security and Peace: An Annotated Guide to Sources 1980-1987 (1989), and The Academic Library in the American University (1989), as well as numerous journal articles on arms control.

List of Entries
Chronology of Events
Introduction
The Encyclopedia
Selected Bibliography
Index