This thesis explores theory surrounding violence and its justification. Drawing upon key literature, it explores the radicalisation of social movements and the notion of state terror in order to...Show moreThis thesis explores theory surrounding violence and its justification. Drawing upon key literature, it explores the radicalisation of social movements and the notion of state terror in order to understand common motivations behind violent action. The case study of the civil war in Peru in the 1980s is used to illustrate these concepts. An analysis is given of the principal justifications used by actors in the war to explain their use of violence.Show less