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In this article, the writer notes that the threat of terrorism has been bandied about in the West since the 2001 attacks on the United States as the preeminent security issue for modern nations. However, the writer points out that it is important to look at the historical origins of terrorism in order to understand this modern form of the threat. The writer discusses that understanding where terrorism has come from and upon what ideological foundations it rests, will provide modern scholars with the resources needed to understand the motivations and future actions of terrorist organizations.

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"While this may be something of a hyperbole, it is nonetheless true that terrorism does represent a threat to the Western world in at least some instances. But to understand the modern form that terrorism has taken and the real or imagined threat it poses, it is important to have a sense of the historical roots of terrorism. "

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