Book is based on three lectures given by author as part of the distinguished Lionel Robbins memorial lecture series at the London School of Economics and Political Science, February 2006. Based on a set of three lectures given by the author as part of the Lionel Robbins memorial lecture series at the London School of Economics and Political Science, February 21-23, 2006. Includes maps of: Number of Incidents of Crime against Foreigners per 100,000 Residents in Germany, by County; January 1992-June 1993; Unemployment Rate in Germany, by County, September 1992. Originally published: 2007. With a new afterword.

Who becomes a terrorist? Characteristics of individual participants in terrorism --Where does terror emerge? Economic and political conditions and terrorism -- What does terrorism accomplish? Economic, psychological, and political consequences of terrorism.