An Examination of Terrorism. A brief history of terrorism.

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Introduction
Terrorism involves using unlawful violence or force against individuals or property primarily to intimidate or coerce a government, the population in furtherance of specific social and political goals. The paper will examine the history of terrorism and the manner that it has developed and also analyze the various definitional issues relating to terrorism. The paper will assess terrorist ideologies and typologies, the tactics terrorists utilize, and also analyze force multipliers. Terrorist structures and operational matters will also be examined. The paper will also examine how the Bible discusses terrorism.
A brief history of terrorism
In the 1900s, terrorists and terrorism were defined by the media to highlight the violence by nations against its citizens, such as terrorist acts practiced by law enforcement officials in Russia and the injustice of military terrorism practiced in Poland. In the late 1800s, modern terrorism involved systematically applying violence against another country and this as the typical definition in Europe (Law, 2015). The person that was highlighted as the first individual to commit terrorist acts was known as Vera Zasulich. This was a socialist that shot a Governor of St Petersburg in 1878 to protest against the manner that the authority figures repressed any kind of political activism within Russia.
Political activism was a violent practice that was eventually organized into terrorist organizations. The first group, known as the Peoples Will, was mainly made up of Russian social revolutionaries that succeeded in assassinating Tsar Alexander II in 1881 (Lynn, 2019). The first people to commit terrorist acts are highly similar to present-day terrorists since both their actions were only possible through the application of Western technology.
Massive scale violence was achievable through the use of commercial weaponry such as industrial-grade revolvers and also dynamites (Lynn, 2019). Shocking political messages were also spread globally through media outlets that printed the messages of these terrorist attacks through commercial mass media enterprise on steam-powered printing presses. Significant massacres executed through commercial technologies and terrifying political messages were spread by commercial mass media enterprises. This is commonly also done today.
Definitional issues in terrorism
The definition of terrorism is a complex issue and has been the source of contention in policy and for researchers in many years now. Experts have chosen to work with open-ended definitions. In contrast, others have identified various definitions all exploring and trying to encompass the several components that highlight the true meaning of terrorism.
In one definition, terrorism has three main elements. These include the perpetration of a criminal act such as kidnapping and murder or the threat of such an action (Schmid, 2011). It can also refer to the intention of spreading fear among the civilian population or directly and directly coerce a government or atonal authority towards taking some action or refraining from taking it. Terrorism can also involve a transactional element.
In another spectrum, terrorism can also...