On 9 October 1934, terrorists murdered King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in a Marseille street. The Croatian ultranationalist Ustashe was behind the attack. The Ustashe hoped that the king’s death would cause the collapse of Yugoslavia and the liberation of the Croat people. This book examines the circumstances, processes, and trajectories that shaped the Ustashe terrorists and their attack in Marseille. It brings questions about contemporary terrorism to bear on a historical attack: what prompts people to join terrorist organisations? How are these people ‘radicalised’ to commit violence? What roles do women play in terrorism? Murder in Marseille bridges the scholarly gap between historical and contemporary terrorism, paying attention to, and often guided by, current concerns, ideas, theories, and notions about terrorist violence.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Chris Millington
EAN: 9781526177124
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES: 288
WEIGHT: 665 g
HEIGHT: 216 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Manchester University Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2025-09-02
CITY:
GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism
WIDTH: 138 mm
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Book Themes:
Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Terrorism, armed struggle, History: specific events and topics
Chris Millington is a Reader in Modern European History at Manchester Metropolitan University