ABSTRACT
The preceding four chapters have focused on dissident groups and terrorist organizations that could be primarily categorized as being religious, ethnic/nationalist, or ideological. The examples and case studies in these four chapters were all discussed within the context of the dominant motivation for the dissidents and the political objectives they were seeking. In a number of cases the dominant motivation for dissident groups was reinforced by other factors. National liberation movements, for example, drew upon populations that were often based in a different religious tradition than that of the colonial power. In addition, elements of Marxist-Leninist ideology often appeared in the efforts of the colonial populations to free themselves from capitalist colonial powers. Basic concepts present in various leftist theories were easily applied to the situations of subject populations in colonial empires. Notwithstanding the addition of these ideological elements, the movements in question were still essentially ethnic and nationalist efforts directed to create a new independent state where a colony had been before.
