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The freedom fighter : a terrorist's own story / Murat Haner.
Author
Haner, Murat
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
©2018
Description
xviii, 479 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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HV6433.T92 P3745 2018
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Terrorists
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Turkey
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Interviews
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Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê
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Writer of foreword
Cullun, Francis T.
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Summary note
The ability of terrorist groups to inflict death and destruction has markedly increased with technology advances in the areas of communication, transportation, and weapon capability. Using these new tools and networks, terrorists now seek to inflict mass casualties worldwide. Given these realities, it is essential to research the factors that underlie a terrorist group's origins, grievances, and demands. Such insights might help others respond more effectively to insurgencies, especially when military campaigns to capture or kill every terrorist have proven unsuccessful. The Freedom Fighter: A Terrorist's Own Story explores why so many Kurdish people--especially young adults--join the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and conduct terrorist acts. Inspired by the ground-breaking classic, The Jack-Roller: A Delinquent Boy's Own Story, by Clifford R. Shaw, the author explores the issue of radicalization into terrorist organizations through the life-history method, enabling a PKK terrorist--or "freedom fighter"--to tell his story. Over a five-month period, the author interviewed "Deniz," a high-level PKK terrorist in a Turkish prison, who during his time in the PKK rose from the lowest level to near the top in terms of terrorist operations. This riveting life history, told in Deniz's own words, provides unique insights into why someone becomes a "freedom fighter" and what such a life entails. The account provides extensive information on the PKK, including the group's recruitment, ideological and military training, armed strategies, internal structures and code of ethics, treament of women, and goals for peace. Deniz's story not only explains why more Kurdish "freedom fighters" will be recruited to engage in terrorist acts, but also facilitates understanding of how "normal people" can become involved in conflict and organizations that are designated as "terrorist groups"--back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-464) and index.
Contents
Foreword by Francis T. Cullun
Part I. Terrorism in Context : 1. Meeting Deniz
2. The History of the Kurds and the PKK
Part II. The Freedom Fighter's Own Story : Section A. Becoming a Terrorist : 3. The Early Years
4. Joining the PKK
5. Mission Training
Section B. Being a Terrorist : 6. Rangers and My First Mission
7. Turkish Oppression toward the Kurdish Villagers
8. The PKK Organization
9. On the Way to Damascus, Syria
10. War against Barzani's Peshmerghas
11. The Chaotic Situation at Central Headquarters Command
12. The Women Guerillas of the Organization
13. The War against the YNK
14. Internal Conflict within the Organization
15. That's All She Wrote!
16. The Trip to Amed
17. Recruiting New Guerillas
18. Decision to Keep My Hands Off
Section C. Prison and Beyond : 19. Leaving the PKK
20. The Prison and the General
21. Penitence (Second Thoughts)
22. The Turks, the Kurds, and the Last Chance
Part III. Conclusion : 23. Lessons from a Terrorist's Own Story.
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ISBN
9781138104518 ((softcover))
1138104515 ((softcover))
9781138104501 ((hardcover))
1138104507 ((hardcover))
9781315102221 ((ebook))
1315102226 ((ebook))
LCCN
2017297203
OCLC
982653321
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