Brotherhoods of fear
Subtitle: a history of violent organizations
By: Paul Elliott.
Publisher: Blandford; Distributed in the USA by Sterling Pub. Co.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Terrorism -- History.; Cults -- History.; Gangs -- History.; Organized crime -- History.; Secret societies -- History.; Violence -- History.
Description: Traces the history of violent organizations from the Inquisition through the Waco cult of David Koresh, discussing how the groups have developed, what their goals were, how society viewed them, and why they still exist today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-251) and index.