Table of Contents

1: The trouble with terrorism
2: Crusaders and conspirators
3: The reign of terror
4: Revolutionary terrorism
5: Nationalism and terror
6: Religious terror
7: Counterterrorism and democracy
References
Further reading

1. The trouble with terrorism; 2. Crusaders and conspirators; 3. The reign of terror; 4. Revolutionary terrorism; 5. Nationalism and terror; 6. Religious terror; 7. Counterterrorism and democracy; References; Further reading

About the Author

Charles Townshend is Professor of International History at Keele University. He has held fellowships at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina and the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC. Amongst his previous publications are Political Violence in Ireland (1983), Making the Peace: public order and public security in modern Britain (1993), and Ireland: the twentieth century (1999). His most recent books are
Easter 1916: the Irish rebellion (2005) and When God Made Hell: the British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921 (2010).

Reviews

`Review from previous edition approachable and highly intelligent'
the Guardian Review
`'Like the other excellent books in this series, this is rigorous and compelling [...] balanced and sensible''
The Independent on Sunday