An Exercise in Terror: The Paris Commune, 1871

There is nothing new in the practice of terrorism through hostage taking. Gregor Dallas traces its roots to the events in Paris during the Spring of 1871 when the city was riven by civil strife.

Gregor Dallas | Published in History Today Volume 39 Issue 2 February 1989

A barricade on Rue Voltaire, after its capture by the regular army during the Bloody Week

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