A military historian who has written reports for the US Central Intelligence Agency, Murphy inaugurates a multi-volume history of terrorism, of which this is the first to appear. He began in 1998, and has been revising furiously to keep up with events. Among his views is that extremist outsiders soured the good relations between the Crusaders and the Arabs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

A Bloody Day on the Barren Rocks of Aden --The 100th Birthday of the Modern Jihad -- The Rise of Militant Islam -- Islam and Arab Nationalism -- The Zenith of Arab Nationalism -- The Rebirth of Militant Islam -- The United States and Jihad -- On the Road to the Apocalypse? -- September 11, 2001 -- "Payback Is a Bitch" -- On to Kabul! -- Beyond the Fighting -- Pitfalls on the Hunt for Bin Laden -- Terrorism: Time for a Change -- Osama and the Jihad.