WW1 & Terrorist Technologies

Professor Audrey Cronin, a foremost authority on terrorism and technology, discusses her new book, Power to the People. She delves into how technological advancements before WWI fueled terrorism, comparing historical and modern implications. Topics include the misuse of innovations like dynamite, the role of mass communication in shaping public perceptions of political violence, and the dual-use nature of military inventions. Cronin also connects past economic crises to the rise of extremist ideologies, highlighting the importance of social media in contemporary terrorist tactics.