Radical Warfare’s First “Superweapon”: The Fears, Perceptions and Realities of the Orsini Bomb, 1858-1896
This article retraces the forgotten legacy of a percussion triggered shrapnel scattering improvised explosive device (IED), known as the Orsini Bomb. Initially used in an attempt to assassinate Emperor Napoleon III in 1858, in the decades after, the Orsini Bomb was replicated, modified and deployed...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2023, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 355-369 |
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