References from the book:

The following texts each provide interesting accounts of the debates and issues surrounding contemporary terrorism. They also, to varying degrees, attempt to confront the rhetoric and politics of fear that often surround these debates:

Arquilla, J. and Ronfeldt, D. (2001) Networks and Netwars; The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.

Carter, A. Deutch, J. and Zelikow, P. (1998) ‘Catastrophic Terrorism; Tackling the New Danger’, Foreign Affairs, November/December.

Filler, D.M. (2003) ‘Terrorism, Panic, and Pedophilia’, Journal of Social Policy and the Law, Spring.

Hewitt, C. (2003) Understanding Terrorism in America; From The Klan To Al Qaeda. London: Routledge.

Jenkins, P. (2003) Images of Terror: What We Can and Can’t Know about Terrorism. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Laqueur, W. (1999) The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction. New York: Oxford University Press.

Wilkinson, P. (1974) Political Terrorism. New York: Macmillan.

Further References:

Gutteridge, W. (ed.) (1986) The New Terrorism, Mansell, London
Presenting evidence that suggests that we have entered a new era of terrorism.

Halliday, F. (1996) Islam and the Myth of Confrontation: Religion and Politics in the Middle East, Tauris, New York
Fred Halliday is an excellent writer whose numerous books and journal articles often seek to dispel the myths surrounding perceptions of Islam in the west in relation to terrorism.

Harmon, C. (2000) Terrorism Today, Frank Cass, London
A more in depth introduction to many of the issues outlined in this chapter.

Huntingdon, S. (1996) The Clash of Civilisations: And the Remaking of the World Order, Simon and Schuster, New York.
Considered a seminal text despite its flaws.

Laquer, W. (1999) The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction, Phoenix, London
Laquer, like Huntingdon, is considered a key writer in the field of terrorism studies, this title assesses the concept of the so called new terrorism in the light of terrorist access to weapons of mass destruction.

McLaughlin, E. (1996) 'Political Violence, Terrorism and Crimes of the State' in Muncie, J. and McLaughlin, E. (eds.) The Problem of Crime, Sage, London
An analysis of the often ignored concept of state-crime.

Said, E. (1978) Orientalism, Penguin, London
Seminal text analyzing the ‘othering’ by western states of the ‘rest’.

Scraton, P. (2002) Beyond September 11: An Anthology of Dissent, Pluto, London
A superb alternative analysis of the events post 9/11. Essential reading.

Stokes, D (2005). America’s other war: Terrorizing Colombia, Zed Books.
A thorough, hard hitting analysis of America’s terror war against Colombia (one of many such actions by the US) with a foreword by Noam Chomsky.