The logic of terrorism / Martha Crenshaw -- Terrorist psycho-logic / Jerrold M. Post -- Ideology and rebellion / Konrad Kellen -- Ideology and repentance / Franco Ferracuti -- The psychopolitical formation of extreme left terrorism in a democracy / Ehud Sprinzak -- Terrorism in democracies / Ted Robert Gurr -- Sacred terror / David C. Rapoport -- The moral logic of Hizballah / Martin Kramer -- Mechanisms of moral disengagement / Albert Bandura -- The readiness to kill and die / Ariel Merari -- Hostage taking, the presidency, and stress / Margaret G. Hermann and Charles F. Hermann -- Taking vows / Gary Sick -- Questions to be answered, research to be done, knowledge to be applied / Martha Crenshaw -- Understanding terrorist behavior / Walter Reich.