The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as 'the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended

This revised and updated second edition of a major reference work in the area contains definitions and descriptions of all aspects of terrorism and political vi

Anarchist, freedom fighter, fundamentalist, terrorist. These words are thrown about today with seeming abandon. But each of these terms, and hundreds like them,

C. A. J. Coady offers to clear up confusion about what terrorism is. His "tactical definition" focuses on terrorist acts as violent attacks upon non-combatants.

This book examines the attempts by the international community and the United Nations to define and criminalise terrorism. In doing so, it explores the difficul