(Hardback)

Placing terrorist acts within a historical context, this book helps us understand the causes, dynamics and outcomes of terrorism. Providing a concise history of terrorism since the French Revolution, it considers the relationship between terrorism and warfare, crime, technology globalization and the state.

(Paperback)

Helps us understand the causes, dynamics and outcomes of terrorism. Providing a history of terrorism since the French Revolution, this work considers the relationship between terrorism and warfare, crime, technology globalization and the state. It also considers what motivates terrorists and what they hope to accomplish.