Contents: Introduction; Terrorism: the problem of definition revisited, H.H.A. Cooper; The definition of terrorism, Charles H. Ruby; Defining international terrorism: a pragmatic approach, Thomas J. Badey; Environmental terrorism: analyzing the concept, Daniel M. Schwartz; Is terrorism a useful term in understanding the Middle East and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Joel Beinin; Of logic and liberation: Frantz Fanon on terrorism, Michael W. Sonnleitner; L'esprit du terrorisme, Jean Baudrillard; State terrorism? Applying a definitional model, David Claridge; American experiences and the contemporary perception of terrorism, Paul Bradley Davis; The nature of modern terrorism, John Gearson; Single-issue terrorism: a neglected phenomenon?, Rachel Monaghan; Analysing terrorism and counter-terrorism: a communication model, Ronald D.

Crelinsten; What is new about the new terrorism and how dangerous is it? David Tucker; Terrorism and the blind man's elephant, Andrew Silke; The logomachy of terrorism: on the political uses and abuses of definition, Victor LeVine; 5 strategies of terrorism, Christopher C. Harmon; Terrorism and military theory: an historical perspective, Everett L. Wheeler; The morality of terrorism, Igor Primoratz; Current research on terrorism: the academic perspective, Martha Crenshaw; Terrorism as a strategy of insurgency, Ariel Merari ; Behind the curve; globalization and international terrorism, Audrey Kurth Cronin; America and the new terrorism, Steve Simon and Daniel Benjamin; America and the new terrorism: an exchange, Olivier Roy, Bruce Hoffman, Reuven Paz, Steve Simon and Daniel Benjamin; 'Terrorism' as total violence, Isabelle Sommier; Transnational terrorism in the post-Cold war era, Walter Enders and Todd Sandler; Terrorism and counterterrorism: geographic research questions and agendas, Colin Flint; Are terrorists mentally deranged?, Charles L. Ruby; Name index.