Essential readings on political terrorism : analyses of problems and prospects for the 21st century / [edited by] Harvey W. Kushner.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Terrorism : the problem of definition revisited / H.H.A. Cooper -- Defining "terrorism" / Danny Goldstick -- Terror and terrorism in the Koran / T.P. Schwartz -- Suicide bombers : business as usual / Harvey W. Kushner -- Terrorists on trial : the context of political crime / Jerrold M. Post -- The mind of the terrorist : perspectives from social psychology / Bruce Hoffman -- Negation theory as a cause of delusion : the case of the Unabomber / Gerald H. Zuk and Carmen Veiga Zuk -- From protest to terrorism : the case of SDS and the Weathermen / Richard G. Braungart and Margaret M. Braungart -- Pakistan's jihad culture / Jessica Stern -- Islamic terrorism : from retrenchment to ressentiment and beyond / Lauren Langman and Douglas Morris -- Structural determinants of state involvement in international terrorism / Satya R. Pattnayak and Thomas M. Arvanites -- Counterterrorism policy and the political process / Martha Crenshaw -- Federal habeas and the death penalty : reflections on the new habeas provisions of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act / Jordan Steiker -- The Internet : a terrorist medium for the 21st century / Kelly R. Damphousse and Brent L. Smith -- Warnings versus alarms : terrorist threat analysis applied to the Iranian state-run media / Sean K. Anderson -- Presidents held hostage : the rhetoric of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan / Carol Winkler -- Terrorism and the print media : the 1985 TWA hostage crisis / Brigitte Nacos, David Fan and John Young -- Political psychology as a lens for viewing traumatic events / Cheryl Koopman -- Acute psychiatric responses to the explosion at the World Trade Center : a case series / JoAnn Difede ... [et al.] -- Relationship of physical symptoms to posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans seeking care for Gulf War-related health concerns / Charles C. Engel ... [et al.] -- Decontamination issues for chemical and biological warfare agents : how clean is clean enough? / Ellen Raber ... [et al.] -- Anthrax threats : a report of two incidents from Salt Lake City / Eric R. Swanson and David E. Fosnocht -- The threat of biological terrorism in the new millennium / Steven Kuhr and Jerome M. Hauer.