Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index.

1. Terrorism: the problem of definition revisited / H.H.A. Cooper. -- 2. The definition of terrorism / Charles L. Ruby -- 3. Defining international terrorism: a pragmatic approach / Thomas J. Badey. -- 4. Environmental terrorism: analyzing the concept / Daniel M. Schwartz -- 5. Conceptualization of terrorism / Jack P. Gibbs -- 6. Is terrorism a useful term in understanding the Middle East and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict / Joel Beinin. -- 7. Of logic and liberation: Frantz Fanon on terrorism / Michael W. Sonnleitner. -- 8. L'esprit du terrorisme / Jean Baudrillard. -- 9. State terrorism? applying a definitional model / David Claridge. -- 10. American experiences and the contemporary perception of terrorism / Paul Bradley Davis. -- 11. The nature of modern terrorism / John Gearson. -- 12. Single-issue terrorism: a neglected phenomenon? / Rachel Monaghan. -- 13. Analysing terrorism and counter-terrorism: a communication model / Ronald D. Crelinsten. -- 14. What is new about the new terrorism and how dangerous is it? / David Tucher. -- 15. Terrorism and the blind men's elephant / Andrew Silke. -- 16. The logomachy of terrorism: on the political uses and abuses of definition / Victor T. LeVine. -- 17. Five strategies of terrorism / Christopher C. Harmon. -- 18. Terrorism and military theory: an historical perspective / Everett L. Wheeler. -- 19. The morality of terrorism / Igor Primoratz. -- 20. Current research on terrorism: the academic perspective / Martha Crenshaw. -- 21. Terrorism as a strategy of insurgency / Ariel Merari. -- 22. Behind the curve: globalization and international terrorism / Audrey Kurth Cronin. -- 23. America and the new terrorism / Steven Simon & Daniel Benjamin. -- 24. America and the new terrorism: an exchange / Olivier Roy & others. -- 25. 'Terrorism' as total violence? / Isabelle Sommier. -- 26. Transnational terrorism in the post-Cold War era / Walter Enders & Todd Sandler. -- 27. Terrorism and Counterterrorism: geographic research questions and agendas / Colin Flint. -- 28. Are terrorists mentally deranged? / Charles L. Ruby.

The 28 articles reprinted here establish the key contours of modern terrorism. While no single work can provide all of the answers to what is and is not terrorism; or provide a unified vision of what constitutes terrorism, this volume aims to shed critical light on the difficulties of determining its limits and nature. The authors address several major themes within terrorism: its definition, whether it is a distinct species of political violence or an extension of other forms of activity such as low-intensity warfare, differing manifestations of terrorism, the question of whether a new form of the phenomena has emerged since the end of the Cold War, to whom the use of the technique is most likely to appeal and the character of persons who implement terror.