20th Century Ideologies

With ideologies stemming from the political perspectives of the extreme right and/or extreme left, terrorism in the 20th century had connotations of socioculturally driven political ideologies. To that effect, terrorists used the advanced weaponry of the period to destabilize the current political leadership, overthrow governing bodies, and/or force the adherence of their nations ideologies. One of these methods of advanced weaponry was the creation of dynamite in 1864 by Alfred Nobel-fun fact of the day is that Alfred Nobel created the Nobel Prizes that establishes the greatest achievements around the world today (biography.com editors, 2017). Like all great achievements throughout the world, there are those that would and have turned inventions

President McKinley survived the initial shooting after being shot twice, one in his collarbone that wasn’t life threatening and the other that was lost in his abdomen. A gynecologist was the only doctor at that time so he did the best he could and patched the President up. After being moved to a private residence the President was said to make a full recovery but just days later he died from gangrene and blood poising. The shooter Leon Czolgosz was sentenced to death by the electric chair a week later after the President’s death. These radical ideals prove to be no use or have a purpose so why do people continue to commit such violent crimes of terrorism that in the end only resolves in blood shed and lost. Getting a point across, debating and standing up for what you believe is one thing but trying to accomplish the task with violence instead of a more diplomatic way is just down right cowardice; it takes a stronger man/woman to make a change with words than with a

Studies were conducted that expressed the world views of America before the event, there being a mixed consensus in the aspect that faced America with infectious disease or financial instability. Concerns of China being a rival as a world power while others saw the unfortunate possibilities of the spread of radical Islam.Unfortunately, these perspectives overshadowed a greater concern of counter terrorism prevention, or lack thereof, as vital information regarding potentially radicalized individuals was often impeded by restrictions and data collection from outside the United States was arduous. Internal attacks within the United States cannot be overlooked as well, we are so focused on outside influences but throughout history we have attacks happening in our own backyard. According to the Global Terrorism database there have been 207 terrorist attacks in the States from 2001-2011, however, it does not specify the severeness of the attacks like the hijacking of four planes that were turned into weapons of unimaginable destruction in the September 11, 2001 tragedy. Attacks like the Boston Marathon Bombing from the Tsarnaev muslim brothers born in Russia, who apparently didn’t have any ties to any terrorist organizations and yet they still committed these atrocious attacks that resulted in three deaths and injuring more