Summary : ' Absolute Terror '

The Great Terror, an outbreak of organised bloodshed that infected the Communist Party and Soviet society in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), took place in the years 1934 to 1940. The Terror was created by the hegemonic figure, Joseph Stalin, one of the most powerful and lethal dictators in history. His paranoia and yearning to be a complete autocrat was enforced by the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD), the communist police. Stalin’s ambition saw his determination to eliminate rivals such as followers of Leon Trotsky, a political enemy. The overall concept and practices of the Terror impacted on the communist party, government officials and the peasants. The NKVD, Stalin’s instrument for carrying out the

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The reason I picked this book is because I have always been curious about terrorism. Truthfully, I really didn’t expect the book to take the stance it did, which focused mainly on the religious implications of what influences people to commits acts of terror. I liked the fact that the book takes new angles in approaching the search for truth, by focusing on case studies and performing interviews with the people who have committed terrorist acts. This is like getting the insiders view of the inner workings and frame of mind people have before, during, and after they have unswervingly performed the acts of violence.

The experiences that you face not only shape you for the time being but for the rest of your life. In chapter 8 “April 1996, Memphis, Tennessee” in the book The Terrorist’s Son by Zak Ebrahim with Jeff Giles, published in 2014 by TED books, Ebrahim talks a lot about his choice of not following the path that was expected of him. He chose to be a better person than what his father was. He uses his experiences, location, and details to show the audience an inside view of his world.

In 1789, the French Revolution struck the citizens of France. The economy started to struggle after King Louis XVI was drowning in debt from the expensive wars and the prices of bread started to grow. This caused chaos among the people of France, as fear for survival increased. King Louis then called the estates general to help fix the financial crisis. They came up with the Declaration of Man and Citizen which promised “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.”

Three great accomplishments done by the Soviets that should be remembered and out into Soviet textbooks are their space races, military strength, and the Great Terror. The Soviet Union was the first country to ever send space satellites. At the time not even the United States had made any discoveries involved with space. Next to the space race discoveries, the Soviets also had extremely well military strength. They did spend more than the U.S but the advancement in their military strength was greatly larger. Both accomplishments were amazing but another life changing event that should be placed into Soviet textbooks is the Great Terror. The great terror was a tragic time for the Soviets and for it to be remembered by their future generation

The Terror of History: On the Uncertainties of Life in Western Civilization by Dr. Teofilo R. Ruiz centers around the methods in which people cope with major historical tragedies comprising of the human condition. He categorizes these coping mechanisms into religion and the world to come, the world of matter and senses, and the lure of beauty and knowledge. To connect the reading with the History 2C course, the subjects of mysticism, heresy, and witchcraft are particular examples of how the masses utilized religion for the purpose of discovering life’s meaning and justifying the world’s destructive nature. Essentially, I agree with the practice

On the first question the members of our discussion group seemed to come to a consensus regarding the first questions that was “What does Bilgutay make her thesis in her essay”. The thesis was Bilgutay’s assessment of Dana Thomas’s essay, “Terror’s Purse Strings”; Bilgutay’s thesis states that “by establishing her credibility, building her case slowly, and appealing to both logic and emotions, Thomas succeeds in writing an interesting and informative argument” (lines 10-12). The majority of the discussion group agreed that Bilgutay’s thesis effectively established her argument by backing up her ideas with strong evidence, stayed specific in her assessment of Thomas’s argument, gave readers a manageable amount of information to deliberate about, and obviously attempts to convince her readers. Based on this reasoning Bilgutay’s essay must be arguable; considering she attempts to convince her audience of something within the essay.

Caleb Carr is stressing that terrorism is never the answer throughout this chapter and I presume, the rest of the book. This is clearly shown in him saying "for just as meeting the tactics of terror in kind will only perpetuate the cycle of terrorist violence.." As for whether or not the affect of Roman warfare can be applied to today's governments in training people that are not of their own, it can be. Carr begins to explain this when he says "There is an irony concerning most of those rebel leaders that also holds enormous implications for our present experience..." (p. 37).

For many years now, the United States has been fighting a war on terrorism. The first act of terror, that was committed on the soil of the United States in my lifetime, was that of September eleventh. It took nineteen hijackers, to bring America down to its knees by striking both world trade centers, the pentagon, and flight ninety-three which was responsible for the killing of almost three thousand people. These attacks created a huge burden on our first responders and hospitals. The knowledge gained from disaster response and recovery classes and or courses would have been one of the greatest assets to fire and police departments, ambulance services, and hospital staff. These attacks, that morning, were unexpected and required first

Cicero famously once said inter arma silent leges, or “In times of war, the law falls silent.” It has been argued, that in times of war, a temporary trade off must occur in favor of national security over liberty. There has been an abundance of conservative and liberal scholarship on the subject, all differing in opinions. In this essay, I will focus on three books, Terror in the Balance, Terrorism and the Constitution, and Wartime while demonstrating their key arguments on how the United States should handle the delicate balance of security and liberty.

Introduction: Almost everyone has an irrational fear or two—of mice, for example, or your annual dental checkup. For most people, these fears are minor. But when fears become so severe that they cause tremendous anxiety and interfere with your normal life, they’re called phobias. A phobia is an intense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no actual danger. Common phobias and fears include closed-in places, heights, highway driving, flying insects, snakes, and needles. However, we can develop phobias of virtually anything. Most phobias develop in childhood, but they can also develop in adults. If you

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Terror as an instrument of the French Revolution.

The revolution started because france was in serious debt. People were starving because bread prices were rising because of bad weather ruining their crops. No one had money, but people were still being taxed unfairly. The goal of the revolution was for france to have a republican government. The killing of king louis and Maximilien Robespierre taking over created the reign of terror. The reign of terror was justified because the threats did require, the methods weren't to extreme, and it did support the ideas of the revolution.

Walter Laqueur’s book, “The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction”, is empowering readers with the entire spectrum of terrorism. The reasons behind terrorism are not easy to understand, but Laqueur goes into great detail to try and bring the reader to an understanding of what the terrorist is thinking in order to justify the means to the end.