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Murder in Marseille

Right-wing terrorism in 1930s Europe

By Christopher Millington

Murder in Marseille
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  • Price: £85.00
  • ISBN: 9781526177124
  • Publish Date: Jul 2025
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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    • Format: Hardcover
    • Pages: 280
    • Price: £85.00
    • Published Date: July 2025

    Description

    On 9 October 1934, terrorists murdered King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in a Marseille street. The Croatian ultranationalist Ustashe was behind the attack. The Ustashe hoped that the king's death would cause the collapse of Yugoslavia and the liberation of the Croat people. This book examines the circumstances, processes, and trajectories that shaped the Ustashe terrorists and their attack in Marseille. It brings questions about contemporary terrorism to bear on a historical attack: what prompts people to join terrorist organisations? How are these people 'radicalised' to commit violence? What roles do women play in terrorism? Murder in Marseille bridges the scholarly gap between historical and contemporary terrorism, paying attention to, and often guided by, current concerns, ideas, theories, and notions about terrorist violence.

    Contents

    Introduction: Carnage on La Canebière
    1 Post-war Yugoslavia and the emergence of the Ustashe, 1918-1934
    2 'Murder farms': The Ustashe's terrorist training camps
    3 Pathways to terrorism: The assassination squad
    4 Killing the king: The assassination of Aleksandar I
    5 Soldiers of a cause? The assassins on trial
    Conclusion: Murder in Marseille

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    Chris Millington is a Reader in Modern European History at Manchester Metropolitan University

    Murder in Marseille

    By Christopher Millington

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