Table of Contents:
- 1. Terrorism: first impressions
- 2. The nature of the beast: defining terrorism
- 3. Beginnings: the causes of terrorism
- 4. Terror from above: terrorism by the state
- 5. Terror from below: terrorism by dissidents
- 6. Violence in the name of the faith: religious terrorism
- 7. Violent ideologies: terrorism from the left and right
- 8. Terrorist spillovers: international terrorism
- 9. Emerging terrorist environments: gender-selective political Violence and criminal dissident terrorism
- 10. Tools of the trade: tactics and targets of terrorists
- 11. The information battleground: terrorist violence and the role of the media
- 12. The American case: terrorism in the United States
- 13. Counterterrorism: the options
- 14. A new era: homeland security 15. What next? the future of terrorism