"Published in cooperation with the Ralph Bunche Institute on the United Nations, the City University of New York." Includes index.

pt. 1.North and South America: Terrorism -the Canadian perspective / L.C. Green -- Perspectives on political terrorism in the United States / Bernard K. Johnpoll -- Terrorism in Latin America / Ross E. Butler -- pt. 2. Europe and the Soviet Union: Strategy, tactics, and terror: an Irish perspective / J. Bowyer Bell -- Political terrorism: the British experience / Thomas E. Hachey -- Soviet policy toward international terrorism / Robert O. Freedman -- pt. 3. Asia and Africa: Political violence in the South Asia subcontinent / Saleem Qureshi -- Terrorism in South Africa / Edgar S. Efrat -- pt. 4. The Middle East: From terrorism to war: the anatomy of the birth of Israel / Yonah Alexander -- Palestinian terrorism: violence, verbal strategy, and legitimacy / Edward Weisband and Damir Roguly -- pt. 5. The United Nations: International terrorism and the United Nations / Seymour Maxwell Finger.