ABSTRACT

This timely reference book places the growing 20th century phenomenon of terrorism in an historical context. Starting with the use of assassination in Ancient Greece and including the recent bombing of the American military complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, this encyclopedia covers the globe in its presentation of all aspects of terrorism: history, theories of, types of, and responses to, as well methods and techniques. There is a chronology of major terrorist events from 1945, an A to Z listing of terrorist groups and leaders, a select bibliography, and indexes (general, name, and geographical).

chapter 1|106 pages

The Historical Background

chapter 1|54 pages

Terror in History to 1939

chapter 2|48 pages

Terror During World War II

chapter 5|27 pages

Types of Terrorism

chapter 6|31 pages

Terrorist Techniques and Methods

chapter 7|15 pages

The Psychology of Terrorism

chapter 16|28 pages

Terrorism in the United States

chapter 17|21 pages

Social Revolutionary Terrorists

chapter 18|25 pages

Nationalist Terrorists

chapter 6|103 pages

Responses to Terrorism

chapter 19|29 pages

Responses to Terrorism

chapter 21|15 pages

State Terrorism

chapter 24|7 pages

The Changing Face of Terrorism