Terrorism studies : a reader / edited by John Horgan and Kurt Braddock.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fear and trembling : terrorism in three religious traditions / David C. Rapoport -- How new is the new terrorism? / Isabelle Duyvesteyn -- The four waves of modern terrorism / David C. Rapoport -- Conceptualization of terrorism / Jack P. Gibbs -- The challenges of conceptualizing terrorism / Leonard Weinberg, Ami Pedahzur and Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler -- The response problem as a definition problem / Alex P. Schmid -- The causes of terrorism / Martha Crenshaw -- Turning to terror : the conditions under which political parties turn to terrorist activities / Leonard Weinberg -- A conceptual framework for addressing psychological process in the development of the terrorist / Max Taylor and John Horgan -- Hizbollah's command leadership : its structure, decision-making, and relationship with Iranian clergy and institutions / Magnus Ranstorp -- The Provisional IRA : a case study / Charles J.M. Drake -- Right-wing terrorism in a comparative perspective : the case of split delegitimization / Ehud Sprinzak -- A subnational study of insurgency : FARC violence in the 1990s / Jennifer S. Holmes, Sheilar Amin Gutiérrex de Piñeres and Kevin M. Curtin -- Al Qaeda : a different diagnosis / Xavier Raufer --

On individual motivations in underground political organizations / Donatella Della Porta -- Decisions to use terrorism : psychological constraints on instrumental reasoning / Martha Crenshaw -- The strategic logic of suicide terrorism / Robert A. Pape -- Palestinian suicide bombing : public support, market share, and outbidding / Mia M. Bloom -- Counterterrorism. A tertiary model for countering terrorism in liberal democracies : the case of Israel / Ami Pedahzur and Magnus Ranstorp -- The leaderless nexus : when crime and terror converge / Chris Dishman -- Fire of Iolaus : the role of state countermeasures in causing terrorism and what needs to be done / Andrew Silke -- Key considerations in counterideological work against terrorist ideology / Muhammad Haniff Bin Hassan -- WMD terrorism research : whereto from here? / Gary Ackerman -- The changing face of Al Qaeda and the global war on terrorism / Bruce Hoffman -- Six rather unusual propositions about terrorism / John Mueller -- Martyrdom mythology in Iraq : how jihadists frame suicide terrorism in videos and biographies / Mohammed M. Hafez -- Countering female terrorism / Karla J. Cunningham -- "They haven't gone away, you know" : Irish republican "dissidents" and "armed struggle" / Jonathan Tonge -- Homegrown jihadist terrorism in the United States : a new and occasional phenomenon? / Lorenzo Vidino -- Appropriated martyrs : The Branch Davidians and the radical right / Michael Barkun.