Examines the activities, tactics and techniques that terrorists use, as well as who is backing their operations.

Includes index.

Introduction : the unexpected -- pt. 1. Holy war: Terror from Tehran. Human bombs. Beirut buccaneers -- pt. 2. The quartermasters: The flaky barbarian. America strikes back. The Fox of Damascus. Kremlin conivance -- pt. 3. Terror and Europe: Soft option? "Don't argue, destroy". Reds under the republic. Target NATO. Triple C. Death, Italian style. The old incorrigibles -- pt. 4. Missing links: Forlorn causes -- pt. 5. The Palestinians: Arafat strikes again. Armed squabble. Terror lords. The great Carlos -- pt. 6. The faraways: Tamils turn terrorist (Sri Lanka). The Golden Temple (India). Castro's legacy (Latin America) -- pt. 7. The Western response: The dilemma of the democracies -- Appendicies: Who's who of terror. The chronology of terror, 1968-1986.