https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10584609.1992.9962931
The common tendency to speak and write of terrorists as “mindless,” and to either dismiss or dread them accordingly, is inappropriate. Many leftist extremists are deadly serious about their ideas. Most group leaders of the last three decades have been college‐educated at a minimum; many have professional backgrounds as teachers, college professors, writers, lawyers, and doctors. This sociopolitical reality suggests two questions for reflection: (1) what have been the effects of education upon leftist terrorists, and (2) how have terrorists used their schooling and their credentials to advance their enterprises?