The New Terrorism
Subtitle: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: May 24, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780195118162
First sentence: Terrorism is violence, but not every form of violence is terrorism.
Description: In The New Terrorism Walter Laqueur, one of the foremost experts on terrorism and international strategic affairs, recounts the history of terrorism and, more importantly, examines the future of terrorist activity worldwide. Laqueur argues that as a new quasi-religious extreme right rises, with more personal and less ideological motivations than their left-wing counterparts, it is only a matter of time before the attainability of weapons of mass destruction creates a terrifying and unstable scenario.

From militant separatism in Kashmir to state-sponsored extremism in Libya and ecoterrorism in the West, The New Terrorism offers a thorough account of terrorism in all its past and current manifestations. Most importantly, it casts a sober eye to the future, when the inevitable marriage of technology and fanaticism will give us all something new to think about.