The First War on Terror

"In the late 19th century, as today, a terrorist cabal detonated bombs in the heart of the Western world. Judged by the number of successful attacks on politicians and royalty, that force was more directly threatening to the inner circles of power than today’s radical Islam." -- Brian Doherty's review of The World That Never Was (Reason)

STTA. It's easy to ignore the fact that Europe and the U.S. both had their own home-grown terrorists over a century ago--Anarchists, dedicated to using indiscriminate urban violence to achieve political ends. Doherty's reviews suggests lessons we can learn for our current struggle with politically-inspired violence.