Understanding terrorism : challenges, perspectives, and issues /
Martin, Gus.
Thousand Oaks, Calif.  ; London : Sage Publications,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and rationale -- Terrorism : first impressions -- The nature of the beast : defining terrorism -- Beginnings : the causes of terrorism -- Terror from above : state terrorism -- Terror from below : dissident terrorism -- Violence in the name of the faith : religious terrorism -- Violent ideologies : terrorism from the left and right -- Terrorist spillovers : international terrorism -- Emerging terrorist environments : gender-selective terrorism and criminal dissident terrorism -- Tools of the trade : tactics and targets of terrorists -- The information battleground : terrorist violence and the role of the media -- The American case : terrorism in the United States -- Responding to terror : the options -- What next? : the future of terrorism.
Terrorism.