Global terrorism / edited by Brenda J. Lutz and James M. Lutz.

Includes bibliographical references.

The response problem as a definition problem / Alex P. Schmid -- Terrorism-at-a-distance: the imagery that serves US power / Beau Grosscup -- The causes of terrorism / Martha Crenshaw -- Terror, terrorism, terrorists / Charles Tilly -- Behind the curve: globalization and international terrorism / Audrey Kurth Cronin -- Market Civilization and its clash with terror / Michael Mousseau -- Failed states after 9/11: what did we know and what have we learned? / Robert H. Dorff -- The evolving dynamic of terrorism in the 1990s / Peter Chalk -- Strategic terrorism: the framework and its fallacies / Peter R. Neumann and M. L. R. Smith -- Terror as a weapon of political agitation / Thomas Perry Thornton -- The terrorist calculus behind 9-11: a model for future terrorism? / Brigitte L. Nacos -- A historical analysis of mass casualty bombers / Chris Quillen -- Is transnational terrorism becoming more threatening? A time-series investigation / Walter Enders and Todd Sandler -- Terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction: how serious is the threat? / Andrew O' Neal -- Lessons from the case studies / Jonathan B. Tucker -- Does democracy promote or reduce transnational terrorist incidents? / Quan Li -- Terrorism and democracy: what recent events disclose / Leonard B. Weinberg and William L. Eubank -- The strategic logic of suicide terrorism / Robert A. Pape -- Fear and trembling: terrorism in three religious traditions / David C. Rapoport -- The worldwide rise of religious nationalism / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Socio-political context of Sikh militancy in India / Proshanta K. Nandi -- Europe's angry Muslims / Robert S. Leiken -- Tentacles of terror: Al Qaeda's Southeast Asian network / Zachary Abuza -- Multi-track microproliferation: lessons from Aum Shinrikyo and Al Qaida / Gavin Cameron -- Religion and violence in Japan today: a chronological and doctrinal analysis of Aum Shinrikyo / Manabu Watanabe -- The strategic use of fear by the Lord's Resistance Army / Anthony Vinci -- The logic of ethnic terrorism / Daniel Byman -- Symbolism and sacrifice in terrorism / James Dingley and Michael Kirk-Smith -- Why do they kill? The basque conflict in Spain / Paddy Woodworth -- On the razor's edge: the liberation tigers of Tamil Eelam / Manoj Joshi -- Terrorism and Africa / Jakkie Cilliers -- Armed Muslim separatist rebellion in Southeast Asia: persistence, prospects, and implications / Andrew Tan -- Palestinian suicide bombing: public support, market share, and outbidding / Mia M. Bloom -- Has the Israeli-Palestinian conflict become Islamic? Fatah, Islam, and the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades / Hillel Frisch -- The role of ideology in terrorists' target selection / C. J. M. Drake -- Political and economic terror in the tactics of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party before 1914 / Maureen Perrie -- Violence as propaganda: the role of the storm troopers in the rise of national socialism / Richard Bessel -- Camouflage and conspiracy: the militia movement from ruby ridge to Y2K / Mark Pitcavage -- Beyond arson? A threat assessment of the Earth liberation front / Gary A. Ackerman -- Italian terrorism and society, 1940s-1980s: roots, ideologies, evolution, and international connections / Marco Rimanelli -- Narcotics, terrorism, and international crime: the convergence phenomenon / Barry R. McCaffery and John A. Basso -- Non-state actors in Columbia: threats to the state and to the hemisphere / Max G. Manwaring -- Violent opportunities: the rise and fall of "King Coca" and shining path / Bruce H. Kay -- Terrorists and organized crime entrepreneurs in the "triple frontier" among Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay / Ana R. Sverdlick -- Terrorism and transnational organized crime: tracing the crime-terror nexus in southeast Asia / Tamara Makarenko -- Foreign policy crises and the resort to terrorism: a time-series analysis of conflict linkages / Sean P. O'Brien -- The ISI reaches east: anatomy of a conspiracy / Jaideep Saikia -- Kashmir, Pakistan and the war by terror / Jasjit Singh -- Diaspora involvement in insurgencies: insights from the Khalistan and Tamil Eelam movements / C. Christine Fair -- State terrorism? Applying a definitional model / David Claridge -- Making sense of ethnic cleansing / Anna Simons -- A study in nativism: the American red scare of 1919-20 / Stanley Coben -- The politics of disruption: war veterans and the local state in Zimbabwe / JoAnn McGregor -- Locations of violence: political rationality and death squads in apartheid south Africa / Suren Pillay -- On Bosnia's borders and ethnic cleansing: internal and external factors / Klejda Mulaj -- The Rwandan path to genocide: the genesis of the capacity of the Rwandan post-colonial state to organize and unleash a project of extermination / Peter Langford -- Rethinking terrorism and counterterrorism since 9/11 / Bruce Hoffman -- The roots of terrorism: probing the myths / Karin Von Hippel -- Retaliating against terrorism: rational expectations and the optimality of rules versus discretion / Bryan Brophy-Baermann and John A. C. Conybeare -- Should our arsenal against terrorism include assassination? / Brian Michael Jenkins -- It's war! Fighting post-11 September global terrorism through a doctrine of preemption / Richard H. Shultz and Andreas Vogt -- Do targeted killings work? / Daniel Byman -- When kindness fails: assassination as a national security option / Jeffrey T. Richelson -- Hunters and gatherers: the intelligence coalition against Islamic terrorism / Martin Rudner -- Financing of terrorism: sources, methods, and channels / Nimrod Raphaeli -- The response to terrorism as a threat to liberal democracy / Peter Chalk -- National security versus civil liberties / Nancy V. Baker -- September 11, anti-terror laws and civil liberties: Britain, France and Germany compared / Kirk Haubrich -- The united nations and terrorism: rethinking legal tensions between national security, human rights, and civil liberties / Christopher C. Joyner -- Global terrorism: problems of challenge and response / Peter C. Sederberg -- The strategies of terrorism / Andrew H. Kydd and Barbara F. Walter -- The mafia and al-Qaeda: violent and secretive organizations in comparative and historical perspective / Jane Schneider and Peter Schneider -- A hard day's night? The United States and the global war on terrorism / Thomas H. Johnson and James a. Russell -- Is the US winning or losing the global war on terror and how do we know? / Harlan Ullman -- Same war-different views: Germany, Japan, and counterterrorism / Peter J. Katzenstein -- Addressing international terrorism in Southeast Asia: a matter of strategic or functional approach? / Renato Cruz De Castro.