Sofia Perovskaya, Terrorist Princess: The Plot to Kill Tsar Alexander II and the Woman Who Led It by Riggs, Robert
Sofia Perovskaya, Terrorist Princess: The Plot to Kill Tsar Alexander II and the Woman Who Led It by Riggs, Robert

Sofia Perovskaya, Terrorist Princess: The Plot to Kill Tsar Alexander II and the Woman Who Led It

More than ever, terrorist acts command enormous attention. Concerns about terrorism have led to sweeping new restrictive...
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Author: Robert Riggs
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Sofia Perovskaya, Terrorist Princess: The Plot to Kill Tsar Alexander II and the Woman Who Led It by Riggs, Robert

Sofia Perovskaya, Terrorist Princess: The Plot to Kill Tsar Alexander II and the Woman Who Led It

$55.17
Sofia Perovskaya, Terrorist Princess: The Plot to Kill Tsar Alexander II and the Woman Who Led It by Riggs, Robert

Sofia Perovskaya, Terrorist Princess: The Plot to Kill Tsar Alexander II and the Woman Who Led It

$55.17
Author: Robert Riggs
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

More than ever, terrorist acts command enormous attention. Concerns about terrorism have led to sweeping new restrictive government policies on such matters as immigration and airline security. In an often repeated syndrome, the one lasting legacy the departed terrorists leave behind them is a grossly exaggerated overreaction by governments to their suicidal exploits. The overreaction derails the faith in liberty and the respect for diversity that characterize an enlightened civilization.

Sofia Perovskaya is a fascinating case study. She came from a privileged family with royal connections. She was not victimized by poverty, class or social stigma. She was known for being kind to the sick and devoted to her mother. We have much to learn from examining her peculiar turn of personality, one that takes over people who are generally intelligent, ascetic, creative, and motivated, and makes them killers who thirst for martyrdom.

This book is part of a series of profiles of historical terrorists. The profiles demonstrate the folly of the many who continue to confuse the desperate "cause" adopted by the terrorist with the real cause of the terrorist act. Terrorism has deep roots in an irrational facet of the human psyche. Through this series we explore how, as society itself has moved toward pluralism and respect for human life, the terrorist act of self-immolation has emerged and grown in its appeal to the dark side of the psyche.



Author: Robert Riggs
Publisher: Global Harmony Press Inc.
Published: 04/24/2018
Pages: 396
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780999155912

About the Author
Riggs, Robert: - Robert Riggs, author of Sofia Perovskaya, Terrorist Princess, attended Johns Hopkins University, where he was editor in chief of the Johns Hopkins News-Letter and studied with notable historians Robert Forster and Orest Ranum. He also received a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School. Mr. Riggs has worked in the federal court system as a law clerk to two federal judges, and as a monitor reporting on conditions at California's San Quentin and Folsom State Prisons.

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