The purpose of this study is to focus attention on the types of individuals and groups that are prone to terrorism in an effort to help improve U.S. counterterrorist methods and policies.

Preface -- Introduction -- Executive summary : mindsets of mass destruction -- Terms of analysis -- Approaches to terrorism analysis -- General hypotheses of terrorism -- The psychology of the terrorist -- Terrorist profiling -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Sociopyschological profiles : case studies -- Exemplars of international terrorism in the early 1970s -- Exemplars of international terrorism in the early 1990s -- Ethnic separatist groups -- Religious fundamentalist groups -- The suicide bombing strategy -- New religious groups -- Tables -- Glossary -- Bibliography.