TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 1. Introduction to Terrorism and Bioterrorism A1 - Grey, Michael R. A1 - Spaeth, Kenneth R. PY - 2006 T2 - The Bioterrorism Sourcebook AB - The modern understanding of the word “terror” dates from the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution of 1789. One of the key figures in the Revolutionary Council—the governing body responsible for thousands of deaths by guillotine—was Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794). Robespierre’s observation that “Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is therefore an emanation of virtue” rings familiar to anyone who has read or listened to the righteous rhetoric of terrorist organizations, be they Islamic militant groups, the Protestant and Catholic factions in Northern Ireland’s civil strife, or even in the words of homegrown terrorists like Timothy McVeigh. There are numerous examples that fit this definition of terrorism throughout both modern and ancient history. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2022/05/26 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2740000 ER -