His [a terrorist's] primary objective is not battle. It is to bring down upon the community in general a reprisal for his wrongs, in the hope that the fury and resentment roused by punishment meted out to the innocent will gradually swell the ranks of those from whom he will draw further recruits.
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Durrell worked for the British authorities in Cyprus during the campaign of the EOKA nationalist guerillas.