What Is Terrorism? Definitions and Historical Contexts
A thorough exploration of terrorism, its complex definitions, and the key historical events that have shaped its global understanding.
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3 corrections applied: The 2003 study 'Education, Poverty and Terrorism' was authored by Alan B. Krueger, not 'Arie Krueger' (article's own references give Krueger, A. B.). | The 'staircase to terrorism' model (2005, American Psychologist) is by Fathali M. Moghaddam, not 'Farhad Moghaddam' (references give Moghaddam, F. M.). | 'Propaganda of the deed' is primarily attributed to Pisacane, Brousse, and Malatesta (with Bakunin as an influence), not principally Kropotkin, who later distanced himself from individual acts of terrorism.
BeforeArie Krueger and Jitka Maleckova's 2003 [study] | Farhad Moghaddam's staircase to terrorism model (2005) | Anarchist theorists, particularly Peter Kropotkin, popularized the concept of "propaganda of the deed"
AfterAlan B. Krueger and Jitka Maleckova's 2003 [study] | Fathali M. Moghaddam's staircase to terrorism model (2005) | Anarchist theorists, particularly Carlo Pisacane, Paul Brousse, and Errico Malatesta, popularized the concept of "propaganda of the deed"
Why: All three name corrections (Krueger, Moghaddam, and the propaganda-of-the-deed anarchists) were already fixed correctly in the body text and bibliography. However, the FAQ schema field still contained the stale fabrications 'Peter Kropotkin' and 'Farhad Moghaddam' in two separate Q&A entries. Fixed both in the FAQ field (Kropotkin -> Carlo Pisacane, Paul Brousse, and Errico Malatesta; Farhad Moghaddam -> Fathali M. Moghaddam) and re-encoded/verified the FAQ JSON-LD structure remained valid after the PUT.
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