More than half a century after president kennedy was assassinated in texas, the last secret files on his killing will be released. And poetry and poppies, the british legion spells out the remembrance bursts in locations across britain and northern france. Our main story is that a woman who brought her husband a weapon that he planned to use in a terror attack in birmingham has been found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism. The woman had denied assisting her husband earlier this year. Woolwich crown court heard they had developed their plans and the woman had bought a combat knife and training dummy for her husband to use. Dominic cassie arnie has the latest. A week after the westminster attack in march, this man wants to rampage in his home city. Now convicted alongside his wife, who helped him and his sister, who went covered the planning via social media. He was obsessed with knives and replica guns and wanted to fight in syria. Instead he turned his attention to home. His preg
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Good Reads 2020
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December 11, 2020
It’s that time of year again when Political Violence @ A Glance publishes a list of the year’s best books, especially those that draw attention to the ways in which research on political violence and its alternatives relates to contemporary policy problems. Here are our contributors’ and editors’ top reads from 2020. What are yours?
How Insurgency Begins: Rebel Group Formation in Uganda and Beyond, by Janet Lewis. This is the book we have all been waiting for. Lewis’ extraordinary research reveals the origins of rebel groups long before they emerge as viable, visible forces. Using data from Uganda, Lewis analyzes where and when even the smallest groups form, why only a few of them survive, and how local intelligence determines whether they grow or perish. This is one of the few books that reveals exactly how civil wars emerge.