Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990, in series: Woodrow Wilson Center series. Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990, in series: Woodrow Wilson Center series. With new foreword.

Strategy or psychology? : origins of terrorist behavior. The logic of terrorism : terrorist behavior as a product of strategic choice / Martha Crenshaw -- Terrorist psycho-logic : terrorist behavior as a product of psychological forces / Jerrold M. Post. Varieties of terrorism : ideological and religious motivations. Ideology and rebellion : terrorism in West Germany / Konrad Kellen -- Ideology and repentance : terrorism in Italy / Franco Ferracuti -- The psychopolitical formation of extreme left terrorism in a democracy : the case of the Weathermen / Ehud Sprinzak -- Terrorism in democracies : its social and political bases / Ted Robert Gurr -- Sacred terror : a contemporary example from Islam / David C. Rapoport -- The moral logic of Hizballah / Martin Kramer. States of mind : how do terrorists think? which psychological mechanisms enable them to do what they do? Mechanisms of moral disengagement / Albert Bandura -- The readiness to kill and die : suicidal terrorism in the Middle East / Ariel Merari. Responding to terrorism : decision making and the pressures of leadership. Hostage taking, the presidency, and stress / Margaret G. Hermann and Charles F. Hermann -- Taking vows : the domestication of policy-making in hostage incidents / Gary Sick. The psychology of terrorism : what can we know? what must we learn? Questions to be answered, research to be done, knowledge to be applied / Martha Crenshaw -- Understanding terrorist behavior : the limits and opportunities of psychological inquiry / Walter Reich.