Free (DRM-free PDF) Antiterrorismens idéhistorie [Danish Counter-Terrorism History]

[ATDrake]

Antiterrorismens idéhistorie: Stater og vold i 500 år edited by Mikkel Thrup & Morten Brænder is a Danish-language anthology of academic essays about the history and development of the ideas behind both local and international terrorism and counter-strategies, including various revolutions, political movements, mercenary and guerilla tactics, etc., over the course of the past few centuries, free courtesy of Aarhus University Press.

This is their featured Danish-language Free Book of the Month selection for February (make love, not war? ), and covers a fairly broad range of areas and topics both well-known and obscure, from revolutions like the French Reign of Terror to some shenanigans going on with the British South Africa Company (probably the Boer War; the timing looks right for that), to outside-sponsored insurgencies like the decades-long Afghanistan situation, to fascist Italy and Soviet internal politics, a few really old things that happened in Europe near the end of the Renaissance, and many more.

Currently free throughout the month of February directly @ the university's dedicated promo page (DRM-free PDF available worldwide).

Beskrivelse på dansk
Flyene mod New Yorks tvillingetårne, turistmassakren på Bali, bomber og giftgas mod busser, tog og undergrundstog i London, Madrid og Tokyo - terrorismen er over os. Men er det en fuldstændig ny situation? Denne antologi søger svaret i idéhistorien og giver en grundig indsigt i, hvordan antiterrorisme - statens bekæmpelse af terrorisme - har udfoldet sig de seneste 500 år.

[Froide]

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Antiterrorismens idéhistorie: Stater og vold i 500 år edited by Mikkel Thrup & Morten Brænder is a Danish-language anthology of academic essays about the history and development of the ideas behind both local and international terrorism and counter-strategies, including various revolutions, political movements, mercenary and guerilla tactics, etc., over the course of the past few centuries, free courtesy of Aarhus University Press.

This is their featured Danish-language Free Book of the Month selection for February (make love, not war? ), and covers a fairly broad range of areas and topics both well-known and obscure, from revolutions like the French Reign of Terror to some shenanigans going on with the British South Africa Company (probably the Boer War; the timing looks right for that), to outside-sponsored insurgencies like the decades-long Afghanistan situation, to fascist Italy and Soviet internal politics, a few really old things that happened in Europe near the end of the Renaissance, and many more.

Currently free throughout the month of February directly @ the university's dedicated promo page (DRM-free PDF available worldwide).

Beskrivelse på dansk
Flyene mod New Yorks tvillingetårne, turistmassakren på Bali, bomber og giftgas mod busser, tog og undergrundstog i London, Madrid og Tokyo - terrorismen er over os. Men er det en fuldstændig ny situation? Denne antologi søger svaret i idéhistorien og giver en grundig indsigt i, hvordan antiterrorisme - statens bekæmpelse af terrorisme - har udfoldet sig de seneste 500 år.

Looks interesting. Too bad I don't read Danish, and the book doesn't appear to have been translated into English.

[ATDrake]

Well, obviously it's not optimal, but if you're both morbidly curious and feeling optimistic (and maybe a little masochistic), there's always the option of copy-pasting selections of any portions that really catch your eye into Google Translate.

Though admittedly their Danish-to-English translation is pretty wonky in an obvious way that even I can tell when it's getting stuff wrong from the original, it's actually mostly reasonably serviceable when it comes to formally-written texts that don't use unusual vocabulary or potentially ambiguous grammatical constructions or idiomatic phrases.

[fum]

Since I am Danish, I picked it up. Read the first couple of pages at work. The lix-count is somewhat staggering, but then again, it is from the University Press.
I'll translate it, but to mobi, sorry english readers, and read it.

[ATDrake]

Just a reminder that today will be the last day to pick up the freebie if you're interested.