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The Foundations of Modern Terrorism
State, Society and the Dynamics of Political Violence
A groundbreaking history of the roots of modern terrorism, ranging from early modern Europe to the contemporary Middle East.
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The Cost of Courage in Aztec Society
Essays on Mesoamerican Society and Culture
Tenochitlan, the Aztec city, was the creation of war. The courage and stamina of its young fighting men was indisputable. In the title work of this pathbreaking collection of essays, Inga Clendinnen discusses why warfare was so central to Aztec society and the ways in which the Aztecs understood their relationship to the forces governing the world and the heavens. Aztec rhetoric and Aztec ritual were unified in the endeavor to sustain a social order sufficiently in harmony with the natural order.
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