ABSTRACT
[A]n act of terrorism is in reality an act of communication. For the terrorist the message matters, not the victim. [. . .] In our view terrorism can best be understood as a violent communication strategy. There is a sender, the terrorist, a message generator, the victim, and a receiver, the enemy and/or the public. [. . .] Without communication, as we have said at the beginning of this chapter, there can be no terrorism.
